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Old 11-26-18, 12:02 PM
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I tried plugging a charging cable into a USB port and only get normal charging. I tried a fast charge car charger plugged into the lighter port and still only get normal charging. Are there not enough amps on these ports to support fast charging?
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The lighter outlet will supply 5 amps at a nominal 12 VDC easy. That's 60 watts, way more than any mobile device charger needs for 2.4A at 5 VDC (less than 15 watts), so something else is the issue. I doubt the built in charger is high amperage though. That's not common in cars yet.
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Car USB supplies 5v/1A total across 2 ports. If you plug two USB devices in they share that 1 amp.

As far as the fast charger goes it's either defective or the cable can't support it.
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I have an ipod in the other USB port, so that answers that one. Must be the cable I tried with the fast charger. Good to know.
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Pardon my derailment on this subject: Perhaps one of you can shed light on something for me? When I plugged my Note 8 (Android) into either of the USB Charge Ports, I get an error msg stating that the Device is not compatible (or something to that) I realize we are robbed of the opportunity of Android Auto & Apple Play, but why on earth would just trying to use them as a Charger not work on any device plugged into them? Thanks much......
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