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Phantasm	2009-12-21 , 20:17
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Originally Posted by filbert

Thanks for the useful post...

Have you found anything that shows the charging current? I have been trying to compare the rate of charge of the supplied charger and various other chargers (using the supplied CA-146 adapter).

Rgrds

Peter

"hal-device bme" shows charger type when the device is being charged. It might have some hints on the maximum charging current the device will try to draw.

Do note that Li-Ion batteries are charged with fixed current to 60-70 % charge and after that with fixed voltage to 100 %. The first stage on a fast charger is something like 40 minutes and the second stage will last somewhat over an hour. As such, a slower charger (or heavy usage while on fast charger) mainly affects the first stage only.

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