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S Korea & China Mandate Common Chargers, Data Cables

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the dear-god-please-yes dept.

mrbill writes "Seems that South Korea and China have mandated Common Cell Phone chargers and data cables. No proprietary chargers and data cables any more. Must use USB for charging etc. "

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  1. Re:amperage by networkBoy · · Score: 5, Informative

    you're both right.
    The spec calls for 500mA but most vendors connect the port to an *unfused* 5V line. This (IMHO) is a BadIdea (tm). sure you can draw 2A, you can try to draw 100A too but something's gonna give.
    Case in point: http://xbx.networkboy.net/modules/gallery/albums/a lbum18/P1000121.jpg
    It's a design flaw (in most cases) that you can draw that much current from a USB port.
    -nB

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