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    1.5A vs. 2.0A AC/DC Adapter

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by roca808, Apr 21, 2008.

  1. roca808

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    I have two ac/dc adapters for my 1400. One has an input of 1.5A and the other has an input of 2.0A. I know this may not be too significant but what type of difference does this make? Just curious to know as I have to turn one in back to them.
     
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    The higher amperage adapter will charge your battery much faster, other than that there is no difference.
     
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    Thanks for the reply SM. Your answer raised other questions. Is it better to charge a laptop battery faster or slower? I know this probably trivial but it has sparked my curiosity. I know in other applications it is usually better to use a slow recharge than a faster one. Is the difference significant and would it have a noticable impact over the life of the battery? If you leave your laptop plugged in most of the time, will 2.0A give you any more/significant power over 1.5A?
     
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    I can't seem to find any information about the costs/benefits of charging fast or slow, other than that fast is faster and slow is slower. lol. I'm guess there's probably no difference? Anyone got any ideas? I'm curious too.
     
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