I am aware that the 5w charger is slow. That's fine. I only plug my phone in to charge overnight when I'm sleeping so therfore I don't need a fast charger to fry my battery prematurely when I don't need it for several hours. I'm also wanting my battery to stay in as good of shape as possible for the long haul. Has anyone heard of damage from charging with a slow rate? I'm always on the lookout for " what if" scenarios.
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iPhone 11 Pro Max Any problems with using 1 amp (5 watt) charger to charge phone?
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Chafing with the 5W charger is actually better for the battery as it doesn’t builds up the heat inside the phone.
Charge rate is detrimental to batteries that use -dv for termination of charge, like NiMh batteries, but a slow charge rate doesn't affect lithium batteries.
Years ago, I remember reading in an android forum asking about using lower vs high power adapters to charge phones. One guy swore that using a lower rate power adapter, while ok for the battery, was hard and damaging on the charger. He said that it forces the adapter to run all full power, and since it would take several hours to charge a battery with a high capacity battery, the adapter would be running at max and for a longer than usual time, thus not being good for the life of the charger
I would be iffy for cheap chargers of any rate. But if a charger, even a 1A one, has a safety certificate mark from UL, ETL or CSA, then i wouldn't worry about it.
Years ago, I remember reading in an android forum asking about using lower vs high power adapters to charge phones. One guy swore that using a lower rate power adapter, while ok for the battery, was hard and damaging on the charger. He said that it forces the adapter to run all full power, and since it would take several hours to charge a battery with a high capacity battery, the adapter would be running at max and for a longer than usual time, thus not being good for the life of the charger
I would be iffy for cheap chargers of any rate. But if a charger, even a 1A one, has a safety certificate mark from UL, ETL or CSA, then i wouldn't worry about it.
There will always be “what ifs.”
The battery will degrade no matter what, just use the phone & don’t obsess over it.
The battery will degrade no matter what, just use the phone & don’t obsess over it.