Sony_Fan Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 My friend misplaced his RH10 AC wall charger. Anyone got a spare to sell? He's gonna be looking for it this weekend, but just incase he doesn't find, I'd like to know who's willing to sell theirs. Or do they sell these chargers elsewhere? Didn't see any on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sector001 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 can u use a universal one??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 It looks like the standard 3V NiMH charger, nothing out of the ordinary. There are lots in your local stores, usually multi-voltage and multi-headed. Or you can use the charger from any MD that runs on NiMH gumsticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sony_Fan Posted July 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 It doesn't matter if it's universal or original Sony charger. It just needs to charge the RH10. I'm not paying ridiculous overpriced department electronics store prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 It doesn't matter if it's universal or original Sony charger. It just needs to charge the RH10. I'm not paying ridiculous overpriced department electronics store prices.What would you consider ridiculous?This for instance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sony_Fan Posted July 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 What would you consider ridiculous?This for instance?Depends on the shipping cost. That's an online store, not a department store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Normal Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Well, you can either pony up the Jackson + change for the item from the dozen or so Radio Shacks in Downey or order off of Amazon and pay $15 with shipping or order a few more items you need from Amazon and see if that makes the shipping cost worth it. It's better than a doorstop for a RH10.You have to allow that the transformer in a DC adapter weighs something and thus shipping will probably not be free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 Depends on the shipping cost. That's an online store, not a department store. Nope, there's two in my town.I can also get something at our main line of drugstores here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sony_Fan Posted July 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 (edited) Nope, there's two in my town.I can also get something at our main line of drugstores here.Thanks for your help, but we finally got it to charge with the USB cable. For some reason it wouldn't charge with his usb cable, so we switched cables and now it's charging. I couldn't remember if the RH10 could get charged through USB, so we thought that was the problem and that's why we needed the AC wall charger. But it's charging now, just takes longer to charge. His RH10 looks like new, will try to convince him to sell it. He bought an iPod Touch and hasn't looked back. Edited July 26, 2009 by Chris G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 In my limited experience, you can never charge a battery via USB as well as you can by the dedicated charger. That in turn is worse than a battery charger designed for the batteries that is totally external to the unit.In addition using the 3V supply with the in-unit charging circuitry makes the whole thing hot. This is probably not great from the point of view of longevity of the RH10, either. Actually I wonder if the OLED failures are related to charging rather than usage. Not having owned an RH10, I really cannot comment, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sony_Fan Posted August 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 It looks like the standard 3V NiMH charger, nothing out of the ordinary. There are lots in your local stores, usually multi-voltage and multi-headed. Or you can use the charger from any MD that runs on NiMH gumsticks.I went to my local store and there were several. I showed the sales person the RH10 and they couldn't decide which charger would work for mine because they did not know the amperage of the unit. So what's the correct Amps for the RH10 charger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 I went to my local store and there were several. I showed the sales person the RH10 and they couldn't decide which charger would work for mine because they did not know the amperage of the unit. So what's the correct Amps for the RH10 charger?You could probably get away with a 5900 to 750 MA charger, it will never take more than it needs.Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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