Silly question alert- charging a Kindle 3

[PaddyTM]

I know this is a bit of a silly question, but better safe than sorry.

Bought a Kindle 3 from Amazon.com, and it came with only the USB cable to charge it with; no problem really, but I am now wondering if I use the cable, together with a phone charger ie: directly into the mains, will it cause a problem?

 

[Pox]

I assume you mean a mains to USB adapter/charger? If it is one of those adapters that you can plug one side of the USB cable into, and the other into the device to charge it, then yes you will be fine. Been doing it for the last 3 weeks

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[thisgeek]

I know this is a bit of a silly question, but better safe than sorry.

Bought a Kindle 3 from Amazon.com, and it came with only the USB cable to charge it with; no problem really, but I am now wondering if I use the cable, together with a phone charger ie: directly into the mains, will it cause a problem?

It's fine. USB charging is a standard.

 

[steve-rsa]

I have used my HTC HD2 or my LP500 charger in the 4 times I have actually needed to charge the thing - and I've had it more than 6 months.

 

[Terencek]

This question comes up a lot on the best of the dedicated Kindle forums (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=140&order=desc&page=1).

You can use virtually any charger with a USB-out port, including 12v or 220v devices, makes absolutely no difference. If the actual output amperage is slightly different (if I recall, the Kindle runs on approx. 500 mA), the only difference will be that your device takes either less or more time than the average computer-based USB charge, which is generally about 5 hours.

 

[BigAl-sa]

Don't you get the charging adaptor with the K3? It came with the K2.



It's the gadget with the Amazon logo in the pic. I bought the adaptor for SA plug-top at Mica.

 

[Terencek]

Unlike the US version of the Kindle, the International one does not come with a separate charger -- only a USB cable, which will also work quite happily from virtually any USB charger device (220v or 12v) if you prefer not to connect it to your computer for charging.