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Hi, I have a Vision Spinner (1300mah) and an MVP v2 (2600mah). I would like to get a wall charger and are considering a 1 amp charger. The manual for the MVP says up to 1 amp is fine, but I'm wondering if a 1 amp is too much for the Spinner (it would be a fast charge, but would this reduce its life or worse?). I've seen some cheap 1 amp wall chargers on the bay, but am wondering if all chargers are not made equal. Any help would be much appreciated.
 
amps are not pushed, they are pulled. thats the easiest way to think about it.

your device will draw from the charger the number of amps it requires. if the charger can supply more, thats fine, nothing will happen, the device will use what it asks for, not what the charger is capable of delivering.
 
Thanks Vern, very helpful information. It's just that I've been googling this and have found people being warned not to use high amp chargers with '501' batteries which apparently are low mah batteries (even though I don't have a 501 battery, this has confused me a little). Is this just bad advice, or is it because of the nature of these 501 batteries?
 
vision spinner is an ego battery, and it has a "510" connector (as well as an ego thread)

lets ignore your mvp for now...
the spinner has its own usb charger, most likely supplied with the kit, and this is what you will be plugging into your wall-based usb charger (the one you want to buy)

as such, again, the spinner has its own charger with its own mah rate, which is what will regulate the charging.

the mvp has its own charging circuit built in too.

your job is to supply these two independant chargers with a supply capable of exceeding (in mah) their requirements. Whether the one you buy on ebay etc will do what it says on the label I cant guarantee of course:-)

the chargers mah requirements are also nothing to do with the battery designed mah capacity. a 60000000mah battery would charge from a 500mah charger, but it would take 300000 hours, if that is what they designed.

your spinners may be 1300ma, the charger supplied with these is normally 450mah.
so the charger needs to be plugged into something capable of supplying at least 450mah...and a pc usb port (not ideal, but anyway) supplies 500mah, so that is "ok".

now the 450mah charger is considered well-fed. and it will put 450mah into the battery each hour..so the battery should take around 2.5 or 3 hours to charge...your mvp at 2600mah would take around 5 or 6 hours.

If I now plug the 450mah charger into a 60000000mah wall socket adapter thing, it is "well-fed" and will take 2.5 to 3hours to put 450mah per hour into your 1300mah vision spinner.

its like that.
 
Thanks Vern, unfortunately I didn't get a charger with my Spinner (I thought it came with one but sadly didn't). A very comprehensive post, thank you for helping :) My knowledge of such things is a little rusty, combined with my fear of damaging some new expensive kit I needed some sound reassurance!
 
you'll need something like this then
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plug the vision spinner into this, and then this goes into your wall charger.
they are about £3 or £4 or so
 
Yep got one on order now, gonna go with the 1amp mains charger too. Thanks again.
 
vision spinner is an ego battery, and it has a "510" connector (as well as an ego thread)

lets ignore your mvp for now...
the spinner has its own usb charger, most likely supplied with the kit, and this is what you will be plugging into your wall-based usb charger (the one you want to buy)

as such, again, the spinner has its own charger with its own mah rate, which is what will regulate the charging.

the mvp has its own charging circuit built in too.

your job is to supply these two independant chargers with a supply capable of exceeding (in mah) their requirements. Whether the one you buy on ebay etc will do what it says on the label I cant guarantee of course:-)

the chargers mah requirements are also nothing to do with the battery designed mah capacity. a 60000000mah battery would charge from a 500mah charger, but it would take 300000 hours, if that is what they designed.

your spinners may be 1300ma, the charger supplied with these is normally 450mah.
so the charger needs to be plugged into something capable of supplying at least 450mah...and a pc usb port (not ideal, but anyway) supplies 500mah, so that is "ok".

now the 450mah charger is considered well-fed. and it will put 450mah into the battery each hour..so the battery should take around 2.5 or 3 hours to charge...your mvp at 2600mah would take around 5 or 6 hours.

If I now plug the 450mah charger into a 60000000mah wall socket adapter thing, it is "well-fed" and will take 2.5 to 3hours to put 450mah per hour into your 1300mah vision spinner.

its like that.

Where do I Get this 6000AH battery, and will it fit in my house?...:P
 
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