A third way to charge Scoll Excel?

[loebus]

The scroll excel can be charged:

1, via the mains lead provided

2, can be trickle charged via USB

but what about a USB to mains adapter?
Would it charge at full speed, trickle, damage, do nothing to the device?

[Fonefixer]

it does charge via usb but the current is restricted, i think

ive used a tomtom mains charger on mine and charges slower than the standard mains one.

[Mitre]

i have a 1amp mains usb charger that charges the excel slowly and i have a 2amp mains usb charger that will not charge the excel but does charge my old scroll 2.1 very quickly

[loebus]

Thanks for the info.
I was thinking of using a 1amp plug from a Mi-Fi dongle.

[Mitre]

the excel must have a cut out that prevents charginng over a certain amperage via usb its a shame as my old scroll hase seen no harm from this
Edit that should work fine just will keep a float if you are using and charging together

[Spannerdemon]

Best advice (as with all electronics) is to ONLY use the cable supplied by the manufacturer, that comes with the device.

There are a number of USB type plug chargers on the market, and some of them may be fine, but get it wrong, and you could damage your Scroll and invalidate your warranty. Some of these 'alternative' chargers have voltage outputs which could be excessive.

Also: Be careful when plugging USB plugs into sockets on PC's. There are many plugs now that LOOK like usb plugs, but are, in fact completely different. My wife accidentally plugged the wrong end of her Samsung Camera charging lead into a USB port on our main PC last year, and blew the PSU. There was one hell of a flash and it cost me £40 to replace. I think we were lucky to have got away with just the PSU, as it could have easily fried the motherboard.