On Thu, 13 Feb 2014, David Diaz wrote:

Just a heads up. I know we all get these chargers from china so I waited till I was home before trying

The car charger from given aware during break from nac prompted shorted out my car port. Briefly lighting for 1/10 of a sec

I didn't think to test mine in the rental, but I do have a couple of 12V splitters, that are fused...so I dug up a 7A fuse, swapped it out for the 10A that was in it (which is the same rating as the car's fuse) and tested the car USB charger. No magic smoke from mine...and my Iphone 5s didn't complain when connected to it. This brings up an interesting question though. If a company gives out cheaply made swag, and it catches fire, fries a phone, etc. is the company that gave it away liable for the damage? My current 12V USB charger (that I bought) has a user replaceable fuse. The giveaway 12V USB charger appears to be a sealed unit. Is it fused? Sounds like maybe not. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lewis, MCP :) | I route | therefore you are _________ http://www.lewis.org/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key_________