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Originally Posted by tmotten
I wasn't aware there were 3a chargers. Interesting.
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My earlier quote was taken from an advert on Amazon for such a fitting.
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Originally Posted by tmotten
Not sure it's required though. 2a is a lot
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Agreed.
In any case, the power draw will be in relation to the bit of kit that is attached to the charger i.e. it varies.
So, we are referring here to maximum capacitiies of chargers; I checked the "small print" on a variety of chargers that I possess - small print because I need a magnifying glass to be able to read it and it is the kind of information that we all tend not to bother with, usually.
2 of them are for mobile phones and they are rated at 0.3 amp and 0.6 amp.
The third one is for the Nexus 7 and it is rated at 2 amp.
All 3 are of that type which plugs straight into the mains supply, thereby connecting that power and lowering the output to a constant 5 volt DC passed on to the bit of kit via a USB type A cable.
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I've found screen mirroring to use the most amount of power. The thing really warms up. .
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Screen mirroring??
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It's a shame a lot of the maps don't have more contrast. Often it's light colors on white. Some can be manipulated or just put it in might mode. But the glossy screens do produce a bit more glare. It's manageable the same as Garmin screens but I'm thinking of experimenting with a little shade cap. Should also mitigate the heading a bit.
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Yep, I too have played around with a home made shade made of a bit of plastic covered in black tape to reduce reflection and attached to the GPS with more black tape and blu-tack.
Pretty it wasn't, but effective it was.
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