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IphoneMy iPhone cube overheated when I used it to charge an external battery-which which wants 2.0 amp charger- overheatedA. Using usbUSB current meter the battery was pulling 1.5 ampsA from the cube which caused it to quickly overheat. IphoneiPhone connected to cube pulled 0.7 ampsA. When

When the external battery was connected to usbUSB port on an old xpXP computer it pulled only 0.7 ampsA during initial charging and even dropped to 0.6 ampsA when 75% charged. So- it does appear

It seems that connecting the iphoneiPhone cube to a non-appleApple source which wants 10 wattsW (2 ampsA) rather than 5 wattsW (1 ampA) can cause the cube to attempt to deliver too much current and cause it to overheat and fail.

Iphone cube when used to charge external battery-which wants 2.0 amp charger- overheated. Using usb current meter the battery was pulling 1.5 amps from the cube which caused it to quickly overheat. Iphone connected to cube pulled 0.7 amps. When external battery connected to usb port on an old xp computer it pulled 0.7 amps during initial charging and dropped to 0.6 amps when 75% charged. So- it does appear that connecting the iphone cube to a non-apple source which wants 10 watts(2 amps) rather than 5 watts(1 amp) can cause the cube to attempt to deliver too much current and cause it to overheat and fail.

My iPhone cube overheated when I used it to charge an external battery which wants 2.0 A. Using USB current meter the battery was pulling 1.5 A from the cube which caused it to quickly overheat. iPhone connected to cube pulled 0.7 A.

When the external battery was connected to USB port on an old XP computer it pulled only 0.7 A during initial charging and even dropped to 0.6 A when 75% charged.

It seems that connecting the iPhone cube to a non-Apple source which wants 10 W (2 A) rather than 5 W (1 A) can cause the cube to attempt to deliver too much current and cause it to overheat and fail.

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Iphone cube when used to charge external battery-which wants 2.0 amp charger- overheated. Using usb current meter the battery was pulling 1.5 amps from the cube which caused it to quickly overheat. Iphone connected to cube pulled 0.7 amps. When external battery connected to usb port on an old xp computer it pulled 0.7 amps during initial charging and dropped to 0.6 amps when 75% charged. So- it does appear that connecting the iphone cube to a non-apple source which wants 10 watts(2 amps) rather than 5 watts(1 amp) can cause the cube to attempt to deliver too much current and cause it to overheat and fail.