Is some electric stronger???

Valli

And the late Linda Smith's (RIP) grandma wouldn't use the remote control for the TV because she was worried she'd get holes in the wallpaper if she missed...

Loanranger

If you can magic up a thunderstorm and a lightning strike to your house then it will charge up in a flash. Think of all the money you'll save.
Martin would be so proud.

paddedjohn

Loanranger wrote: »

If you can magic up a thunderstorm and a lightning strike to your house then it will charge up in a flash. Think of all the money you'll save.
Martin would be so proud.

But surely if the iPad is travelling at 49mph at the time of the strike it will be transported into the future/past.

Dave_C_2

Most of the theories on here are really funny - especially dirty electricity and low voltage/thicker wires/extensions. But may I remind you all of Poe's law

Back in the real world, modern phone/ipad/whatever chargers are switched mode and will charge equally well no matter what the input voltage.
Even then an older transformer/voltage regulator set-up won't notice small changes in input voltage.

So saying I have seen many brown-outs and power cuts on Greek islands, which will make even the best designed chargers struggle.
Also on Greek islands there is the Metaxa factor

Dave

Fifer

flashg67 wrote: »

I've just returned from Crete and can definately confirm that my tablet, phone & rechargeable batteries took much longer to recharge over there. I believe the Greeks use 220v? Maybe there is something in the 'dirty supply' theory?

Greece never qualified to join the Eurovolt zone and their economic situation has seriously reduced the strength of the drachamp against major world currentcies.

mttylad

Its nothing to do with the elektrikery at all.

Its time related, time goes much quicker at work and slows down at home.

Simples.

Loanranger

Is it taking far longer to charge at home because you're wired in to the nearest lamppost?

bluesnake

paddedjohn, my colleague had the reverse problem, where it carged faster at home, than work.

First suspect was the usb charger, but that did not fix the problem.

The fix turned out to be the usb cable. At home he used a short but thick cable. At work he used my thin nokia one, that is quite long and has been run over by many a chair wheel. My nokia just has too much resistance.

paddyrg

bluesnake wrote: »

paddedjohn, my colleague had the reverse problem, where it carged faster at home, than work.

First suspect was the usb charger, but that did not fix the problem.

The fix turned out to be the usb cable. At home he used a short but thick cable. At work he used my thin nokia one, that is quite long and has been run over by many a chair wheel. My nokia just has too much resistance.

There is some validity to this - the resistance of a thin cable over any distance at low DC voltages is significant, and as we're talking about fairly marginal differences having a large effect, may be worth considering. I am also pretty confident not all power bricks are switched mode - the teensy little cheapo ones especially so.

alanwsg

I am also pretty confident not all power bricks are switched mode - the teensy little cheapo ones especially so

Anything that can handle dual voltage [i.e. 110v or 240v] will be switched mode.