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G9X USB charging is not working

Started Jan 5, 2016 | Discussions thread
davesurrey Senior Member • Posts: 1,846
Re: G9X USB charging is not working

I have a useful meter which goes between a USB charger (or laptop) and the device to be charged which measures the voltage and current. I've found the "5volts" to vary quite widely and several chargers not capable of giving out much more than a half of the current they were rated at. Some of those even had an Apple label. My conclusion is that there are a lot of fakes and incorrectly labelled chargers out there. I even found poor cables (I guess high resistance wire).

If Canon are saying the G9X can be charged by a USB2 source then it shouldn't mean diddling around with chargers over 0.5 amps or expensive rip-off cables.

USB2 is 5 volts at 0.5 amps max.

BTW the meter can be had on eBay for about $3.

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