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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Verizon / January 2006Motorola E815's (Verizon-packaged) car charger blows fuse every time...
Yesterday, I bought an E815, and go the mobile charger, as well. I pugged it into the ACC socket in my Honda Odyssey, and POOF. The car fuse for that circuit blew. Thinking maybe the fuse was soft, I replaced it. POOF. Thinking maybe the charger was messed up, I exchanged it. POOF. This is a 15 amp fuse that blue. The phone wasn't even connected. In theory, I wouldn't have expected it to be drawing much in the way of current until the phone got connected. Anyone else seen this sort of thing happen? Is it likely that both chargers (both off the same rack at a Verizon kiosk in a Circuit City) were bad? Or, do these suckers simply draw a ton of current (even without a phone connected)? I suppose I can use the normal A/C charger in the car with a 110VAC inverter. But, that's a bit of pain to have to deal with. The odd thing about the Verizon-packaged charager for the E815... neither the package nor the device itself provides any clue about how much current it draws. > This is a 15 amp fuse that blue. The phone wasn't even connected. In > theory, I wouldn't have expected it to be drawing much in the way of > current until the phone got connected. Wow...is your battery in negative ground? Maybe you got a Japanese-home- version car with positive ground! Sounds like the polarity on the cigarette lighter is backwards, positive sleeve and negative end and the fuse-blow protective diode in the phone cord is trying to protect the phone from reverse polarity. Got a meter to measure the polarity in the socket? This car was made in Canada (Honda Odyssey) or Ohio for NA sale/use. All other devices I've used in that socket (including various chargers, my Garmin socket, inverters, etc.) work just fine. Meter shows correct polarization of the socket. So, I'm guessing that the Verizon-packaged $29.95 item was a piece of s___, and I'm lucky to have gotten my money back so easily. Most likely, the entired run was bad. I've ordered a Motorola charger per another message here ($10), so I'm $20 ahead of Verizon's price. >> This is a 15 amp fuse that blue. The phone wasn't even connected. In >> theory, I wouldn't have expected it to be drawing much in the way of [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Got a meter to measure the polarity in the socket? "Xxxxx" <Not_gonna_give@all.com> wrote in news:cyeDf.7699$Cf7.6194 @trnddc06: > Verizon-packaged $29.95 item was a piece of s___, You can bet on that....cheapest crap they can find by the lowest bidder.... >Yesterday, I bought an E815, and go the mobile charger, as well. I pugged it >into the ACC socket in my Honda Odyssey, and POOF. The car fuse for that [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >do these suckers simply draw a ton of current (even without a phone >connected)? My guess is that there is something wrong in the socket and when you plug the adapter in, a short is created. Take a good luck at the "hot" and "ground" connections in the plug and socket. I'm ASSUMING that other things work in the socket? I was just wondering that myself, if the OP has tested other devices. My car charger hasn't given me trouble at all. > Yesterday, I bought an E815, and go the mobile charger, as well. I pugged > it into the ACC socket in my Honda Odyssey, and POOF. The car fuse for [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > the package nor the device itself provides any clue about how much current > it draws. Have you ever used any other devices in that lighter socket?? I have an 815 car cord plugged into my '97 Buick's lighter socket 24/7 and have experienced no such problem. In fact, the only time my E815 GETS charged is when it's out in the car..:-) And the small amount of current drawn even with the phone plugged in is not very much (which is why they don't give you a current draw spec on the car cord). >Yesterday, I bought an E815, and go the mobile charger, as well. I pugged it >into the ACC socket in my Honda Odyssey, and POOF. The car fuse for that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >This is a 15 amp fuse that blue. The phone wasn't even connected. In theory, I presume you can plug other things into that socket with no problem...? >I wouldn't have expected it to be drawing much in the way of current until >the phone got connected. Nor I. Mine certainly doesn't, although I'm not sure at the moment whether mine's a Moto or aftermarket. >Anyone else seen this sort of thing happen? Is it likely that both chargers >(both off the same rack at a Verizon kiosk in a Circuit City) were bad? Or, Could be. >do these suckers simply draw a ton of current (even without a phone >connected)? No. >I suppose I can use the normal A/C charger in the car with a 110VAC >inverter. But, that's a bit of pain to have to deal with. True, even when you already have the inverter in the car for other reasons.  SignatureDavid Streeter, "a guy's guy" -- Dave Barry http://home.att.net/~dwstreeter Remove the naughty bit from my address to reply Expect a train on ANY track at ANY time. "You like a close shave, don't you?" - Pussy Galore > Yesterday, I bought an E815, and go the mobile charger, as well. I pugged it > into the ACC socket in my Honda Odyssey, and POOF. The car fuse for that [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thinking maybe the charger was messed up, I exchanged it. POOF. Are you sure that this was a Motorola brand charger? The car chargers sold by Verizon are usually an el-cheapo after-market charger (that they sell for a lot of money). You want to get the Motorola SYN707 $10 at "http://store.yahoo.com/cellularaccessorycom/syn0707.html" Enter "gift4u" at checkout for another 7% discount. It was packaged as "Verizon". It didn't say Motorola anywhere on the package. Bought it directly from a Verizon store. I guess I'll try the one in your link. Thanks for the coupon code... with the other item I ordered, it knocked $3.50 off my order. >> Yesterday, I bought an E815, and go the mobile charger, as well. I pugged >> it into the ACC socket in my Honda Odyssey, and POOF. The car fuse for [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > $10 at "http://store.yahoo.com/cellularaccessorycom/syn0707.html" > Enter "gift4u" at checkout for another 7% discount. |
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