I have to say that a lot of the chargers and widgets you get are often
crap.   It is just the way of those things.    I have seen about 6 of them,
most with well-known brand names, fail in a short time without them being
abused.  I live 'off the grid' out of my van about 3 months each year and
depend on those widgets to charge phones, GPS, bike computers, etc.   I
have a whole box of non-functional ones now and I always travel with a few
spares because they do just quit.

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Dick Wong <sailingfc@dslextreme.com> wrote:

> Bad adapter.
>
> Buy quality stuff, cheap stuff will cost you more.
>
> I good friend runs a GoPro Hero on his windshield, he powered it with an
> aftermarket USB adapter.  One day the unit would not power off, he ended up
> having to unplug it.  Checked the USB adapter and it was putting out full
> voltage to the Hero.  The Hero is fried!  Now he only uses the GoPro
> adapter.
>
> -Dick Wong-
> 78 Scirocco
> Original Owner
> 87 Vanagon Syncro 2.5 (slightly crispy)
> Third Owner
> 12 Golf TDI
> Original Co-Owner
>
>
> On May 31, 2013, at 5:43 PM, Jeremy Stovin <jjstov@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> > Hey all.
> >
> > I'm sure it's nothing, but thought I'd run this by you. Prepping for my
> trip tomorrow, I took out this cell charger that I bought that fits into
> the
> cigarette lighter to test it out. It came with a USB cable for the older
> iPhone so I plugged in the cable for the new iPhone.
> >
> > It did not seem to work.  As I pull the plug out I smell something
> burning. There is a little smoke, but seems more from the plug, not the
> outlet. And it was hot to touch. I am assuming the charger is a piece of
> crap and that is it.
> >
> > Is there a chance there could be something wrong with the lighter socket?
> What could have caused this other than the charger being crap.
> >
> > Jeremy & Lola! Smokin'
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
>