Can someone describe the temp of the device @4amps vs using 6 amps or full 8amps? Wondering how hot it gets.
1960807
Mine gets pretty hot, I charge 5 battery power packs. Not sure if it is too much or not, I just hope the circuitry shuts it off incase it gets too hot...
1960808
It's always cool to the touch and does not get hot or warm at all under full load for me
1960809
I have used it to charge 1 Ipad Retina; 1 Ipad 2; 1 Galaxy note 10.1; Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 3. The unit is warm and a bit hot in temperature but it did charge all of them. Please take note that you have to get special USB adapter for Galaxy Note 10.1.
991222
I am not sure of the Amps but I would not use this item. I had one its not stable you constantly have to remove and re-plugin the aircard. I moved to a Hotspot with a cig plug problem solved. Even if you need more users they now make Hotspots that hold up to 80 users. This item is no longer needed. In 2015 this is the Mickey Mouse way to get WiFi out of an old ariacrd.
1623420
I have not used it in a while. As I recall, 2 amps to get it started 5 amps to make it run nice
1300987
The food gets hot. I leave it under my desk for about 2 hours and sometimes I wish I had an ice cube for my soup. It is not high amp, I have it hooked up on a power strip at my office with other things plugged in and it is fine.
149509
I used my Kill-A-Watt to measure mine and after 2275 hours on it broke down to 26 cents a day/ $7.99 a month to keep my 14' by 12' office at 70 degrees. Very efficient. It pulls 11amps/1262watts when running at full blast. I've had mine for at least 4 years and it still works wonderfully.
1723395
No overheating here. I use it to charge tablets and my 10,000 Mah anker astro. Works perfectly.
1757394
Well, its 12.5 amps per unit, so if its the only thing you are using you can have 8 running at the same time. I have 2 and they take care of my needs. But it ultimately depends on what else you have running.
471741
Usually charge with 1/10 of the capacity and you are on the safe side (AA 2000mAh >> 200mA and AAA 750mAh >> 75mA). If you charge with higher amps and the smart charger detects increased temperature, it would automatically decrease the amps for cool down. Hope that helped.
277627
3 amp should work fine. If its not mission critical, you could start with a 5 and be ok. If its mission critical, i would go with 5a. These regulators do get hot if you're dropping down a lot of voltage. I use them to fun 12v leds of a 16v source and the linear regulator stay room temp. If i drop from 16 to 5v, it can get warm to the touch after long periods of time. That may blow a 3 amp fuse. I add an aluminum heatsink made for RAM on top of the coil, and it helps with the heat when you are dropping a lot of volts. For the price, it cant be beat.
1442653
I do not know how many amps, it handles everything I plug into it, it work well!
1477213
I've had issue with it getting hot enough. I just got some other tips to try to see if they will work better. I know a soldering gun does get hotter.
744326
not sure why 2.4 amps is getting discussed..it says right on the package "under half an amp draw" and my meter says it takes about 0.3 far reach from 2.4
1085380
110 but I would NOT recommend this to anyone! I had one,,,temp had a 6-8 degree variant than what it showed. They sent me as new one, same thing. I know 2 other people that have had the same experience. JUNK,,,IMHO
767760
Hi Sheena: Jeffrey beat me to it. The only caution you want to take is to not treat this a 4 ports each capable of 15 Amps.With best regards
614949
I haven't had any troubles with it yet. I've kept it on overnight and for 24 hours at a time a few times. The adapter doesn't seem to get very hot. Its just powering an electromagnet so its probably not enough energy to cause much of a problem. I've had this for about 2 months now and it seems to still work fine.
1187547
I would advise against it...while there might not be a problem at moderate levels, the amp should have sufficient area available for heat dissapation, in order to prevent overheating. So, if you can avoid it Eduardo, I'd do so. :)
805768
I didn't like the heat so I cheated.I used a 10,000uF capacitor in parallel with ~10 ohms in series with the 12V and valve.This allows the full 12V available to pull in the valve, but then drops the current by around half, reducing the power to ~1/2 of normal.I was afraid to let the valve operate for more the about ~15 minutes with 12V.Do a net search for fast relay operation or reducing relay power consumption for some examples.Good luckTerry