Rapid chargers and Vx00 phones

[Sorry for the double posting. After posting this article I noticed the
editor had discarded the subject, making it unlikely anyone would read the
original. Since most news servers ignore cancels anyway, I left it as is]

The charger furnished with the Vx00 phones is not a rapid charger; however
Motorola sells rapid wall chargers for other Motorola and Nextel models. After
a complete battery run-down, I tried the 1.5 ampere SPN4716B (from my Nextel
phone) on my V525.

Since this charger can output over 3 times the current of the stock Vx00
charger, I wanted to see if it would charge more rapidly. The phone
definitely recognizes it as a higher-output charger, as the external
display backlight stays illuminated continuously (instead of turning off
after 30 seconds or so, as with the stock charger).

After an hour, or so, I checked the battery gauge and it hadn't moved any
faster than with the stock charger. Further, the phone was getting kinda
warm ... so I chickened out and went back to the OEM unit.

Are higher-output rapid chargers compatible with the V300/400/500/600?

Will they charge the batteries any faster, or merely dissipate the extra
power as additional heat?

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"Mike S." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> [Sorry for the double posting. After posting this article I noticed the
> editor had discarded the subject, making it unlikely anyone would read the
> original. Since most news servers ignore cancels anyway, I left it as is]
>
> The charger furnished with the Vx00 phones is not a rapid charger; however
> Motorola sells rapid wall chargers for other Motorola and Nextel models.
> After
> a complete battery run-down, I tried the 1.5 ampere SPN4716B (from my
> Nextel
> phone) on my V525.
>
> Since this charger can output over 3 times the current of the stock Vx00
> charger, I wanted to see if it would charge more rapidly. The phone
> definitely recognizes it as a higher-output charger, as the external
> display backlight stays illuminated continuously (instead of turning off
> after 30 seconds or so, as with the stock charger).
>
> After an hour, or so, I checked the battery gauge and it hadn't moved any
> faster than with the stock charger. Further, the phone was getting kinda
> warm ... so I chickened out and went back to the OEM unit.
>
> Are higher-output rapid chargers compatible with the V300/400/500/600?
>
> Will they charge the batteries any faster, or merely dissipate the extra
> power as additional heat?


Motorola has a rapid charger for the Vx00 series. The Motorola number is
NNTN4250B.

bamp

In article <[email protected]>,
bamp <bampatcenturyteldotnet> wrote:
>
>"Mike S." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> [Sorry for the double posting. After posting this article I noticed the
>> editor had discarded the subject, making it unlikely anyone would read the
>> original. Since most news servers ignore cancels anyway, I left it as is]
>>
>> The charger furnished with the Vx00 phones is not a rapid charger; however
>> Motorola sells rapid wall chargers for other Motorola and Nextel models.
>> After
>> a complete battery run-down, I tried the 1.5 ampere SPN4716B (from my
>> Nextel
>> phone) on my V525.
>>
>> Since this charger can output over 3 times the current of the stock Vx00
>> charger, I wanted to see if it would charge more rapidly. The phone
>> definitely recognizes it as a higher-output charger, as the external
>> display backlight stays illuminated continuously (instead of turning off
>> after 30 seconds or so, as with the stock charger).
>>
>> After an hour, or so, I checked the battery gauge and it hadn't moved any
>> faster than with the stock charger. Further, the phone was getting kinda
>> warm ... so I chickened out and went back to the OEM unit.
>>
>> Are higher-output rapid chargers compatible with the V300/400/500/600?
>>
>> Will they charge the batteries any faster, or merely dissipate the extra
>> power as additional heat?
>
>
>Motorola has a rapid charger for the Vx00 series. The Motorola number is
>NNTN4250B.

Thanks but ... isn't that a Nextel part number? How can it be "for" the
V300/400/500/600 series?