topic Re: about battery charger in Other/General

about battery charger

bikramjitz — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:08:31 GMT

Hi,i have to buy a battery charger for my xperia sp.The shopkeeper gave me Sony charger with Current output of 1500 mA saying that this is for sp and also charges the battery sooner than the other.My original charger had current output of 750 mA.Of course it charges faster but my concern is that may it damage the phone battery due to high output.They said that it is not the case and is from Sony and for SP.Can anybody make it clear if i should keep using this charger?

Thanks.

Re: about battery charger

_alexdon_ — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:13:41 GMT

You can safely use it,just make sure the output isn't over 5V,the higher amps will not damage your phone.

Re: about battery charger

Thommo — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:24:49 GMT

Due to the higher Amps yes it will charge faster and no it won't damage your phone however what the shop failed to say was that the life span of the battery may and probably will be less than expected - So for example the life span is 4 years using the normal charger - Using the higher amps will probably reduce this time by about 4 or 5 months maybe more - This is an example of what higher amps will do to your battery

Re: about battery charger

bikramjitz — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 15:06:33 GMT

Thanks alexdon,but may be i m wrong as i believe it is Current more than voltage that should affect the battery life.

Re: about battery charger

_alexdon_ — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 15:11:20 GMT

The voltage will damage it directly,so be careful.

Re: about battery charger

bikramjitz — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 15:35:12 GMT

Right Alexdon,luckily it is 5volt.Thanks

Re: about battery charger

_alexdon_ — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 15:47:44 GMT

Anytime.

Re: about battery charger

Xperiance — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 13:35:05 GMT

Ridiculous to say that charing at higher mah will shorten the lifetime. As a RC modelist, I know well enough how to charge and discharge batteries, explicitly the Li-Ion or Li-Po batteries. It's always safe to charge those batteries up to 1C oitput, which means once the capacity. As the capacity on the XSP is 2370 mAh, it's even safe to charge with an output up til 2, even 2,5 mAh output!

Re: about battery charger

Thommo — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:32:24 GMT

It's not ridiculous - It's the truth ask any Electrical engineer or ask the XDA expert - Infact he made a video about this very thing

Re: about battery charger

LordzWiLL — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 15:25:01 GMT

I think Thommo is right. More heat less life...