Use iPad with car charger.

[Dave Weckl]

Hi everyone.

I would like to make a question about using my ipad with the car charger of Iphone. Is the power suplly the same for both devices or each device have diferente power supllys and i need to buy a diferente charger to plug ipad
in the car?


Thks for your help.

 

[ewilson6]

Ipad won't charge on car charger, needs to be charged by wall charger.

 

[apple_iBoy]

Ipad won't charge on car charger, needs to be charged by wall charger.

Are you sure about that? I think I've charged mine that way.

It might not charge fast (especially a new generation retina iPad), but I think it should trickle some juice in. You might also specifically get a 10W charger (I believe I've seen one from Garmin).

 

[RadDave]

Ipad won't charge on car charger, needs to be charged by wall charger.

An appropriate car charger (i.e. made for iPhone/iPod or iPad) should provide the proper wattage to charge the iDevice (about twice needed for the iPad, i.e. 10W). Check the Apple store for their offerings & also Amazon - in addition, read the reviews carefully, some of these 3rd party accessories are poorly made and may malfunction or not even work; plus, I've had one that was almost impossible to remove!

If a charger is not working, then of course it may be broken or not offer the right power for the iDevice - another consideration (happen to me when wife could not charge her phone in the car) - i.e. I checked the car's fuse box and the one to the car chargers had blown - replaced and then not a problem - so might be worth a look?

Finally, I decided to not use these car adapters and bought the battery pack shown below (now < $35 on Amazon w/ a superb review) - has multiple wattage outputs and can charge any iDevice & multiple ones simultaneously in the car or in your house/hotel room - good luck!

 

[IpadSC400]

Just like your iPad wont charge plugged into the computer, it won't charge in the car with a basic cigarette lighter connection, unless, you spend a couple hundred on a master charger...

 

[filmbuff]

Just like your iPad wont charge plugged into the computer, it won't charge in the car with a basic cigarette lighter connection, unless, you spend a couple hundred on a master charger...

Are you serious?

The iPad charger is 2.1 amps. I saw 2.1 amp USB cigarette lighter adapters at Lowes for $5.00

 

[SpaceKitty]

Just like your iPad wont charge plugged into the computer, it won't charge in the car with a basic cigarette lighter connection, unless, you spend a couple hundred on a master charger...

I charge my iPad using my black 2008 MacBook every day.

 

[Ckwilson73]

I use a car charger daily for my iPad 3. I have one made by extreme Mac, that actually charges as well as my apple charger at home.

 

[GGJstudios]

Ipad won't charge on car charger, needs to be charged by wall charger.

That is false. You can certainly charge iPads, iPods and iPhones in the car, using an adapter like this:

 

[RadDave]

I charge my iPad using my black 2008 MacBook every day.

Well assuming that you're using a USB port, I suspect that the iPad charges much more slowly than w/ the standard 10W (or more now) charger that comes w/ the iPad?

USB ports on Apple computers can provide from 500mA to 1100mA @ 5V (depending on the USB type & other considerations - info HERE), so even w/ the top amperage, the power (i.e. watts) would still be about half that of the iPad charger -

 

[SpaceKitty]

Well assuming that you're using a USB port, I suspect that the iPad charges much more slowly than w/ the standard 10W (or more now) charger that comes w/ the iPad?

USB ports on Apple computers can provide from 500mA to 1100mA @ 5V (depending on the USB type & other considerations - info HERE), so even w/ the top amperage, the power (i.e. watts) would still be about half that of the iPad charger -

I actually think it charges much faster using the USB port on my MB then it does using the included wall charger.

 

[RadDave]

I actually think it charges much faster using the USB port on my MB then it does using the included wall charger.

Really? Well, makes no sense to me w/ the wattage requirements quoted above - but, would be interesting if you ran the iPad down to the same battery level and then timed the charging for the two methods?

And, maybe I should start plugging the iPad into my MBP - hmmm?

 

[SpaceKitty]

Really? Well, makes no sense to me w/ the wattage requirements quoted above - but, would be interesting if you ran the iPad down to the same battery level and then timed the charging for the two methods?

And, maybe I should start plugging the iPad into my MBP - hmmm?

I can even keep an iPhone charging on the other USB port and it charges perfectly. There have been one or two time in the month of owning the ipad that I had to unplug the phone to get the iPad to charge but I've had both plugged in since last night with no problems. Both have stayed at 100% in over 12 hrs.