Can I use my Kindle wall-socket recharger to recharge my Ipod ?

Messa

Right I am going to have to do this slowly, I can see you are struggling.

Ratboy wrote: »

As you are unaware of double height usb connectors, why would you state that that I am not? They are usb-2 connectors as standard, but parallel, and have been out for many many years!

As I am at a disadvantage in not being able to copy links can you Google (your friend) and paste the results of 'double height USB' just for the sake of argument, as I am intrigued what you have seen and named by your own convention 'double height USB' ?
Are you somehow implying that a motherboard for example having two USB sockets one on top of the other is known as 'double height USB' ? Or are you more likely thinking of the 'B standard' USB which is square rather than long, but is still not known as this mysterious 'double height USB' ?

Ratboy wrote: »

USB DOES NOT DELIVER 5V REGARDLESS OF VERSION...other versions are 12v, and have 6 pin, and use different data lines wired, just to confuse.

As you are so fond of Google let me quote Wikipedia which details the USB standard.......

"
The USB 1.x and 2.0 specifications provide a 5 V supply on a single wire to power connected USB devices. The specification provides for no more than 5.25 V and no less than 4.75 V (5 V±5%) between the positive and negative bus power lines. For USB 3.0, the voltage supplied by low-powered hub ports is 4.45–5.25 V.
A unit load is defined as 100 mA in USB 2.0, and 150 mA in USB 3.0. A device may draw a maximum of 5 unit loads (500 mA) from a port in USB 2.0; 6 (900 mA) in USB 3.0. There are two types of devices: low-power and high-power. A low-power device draws at most 1 unit load, with minimum operating voltage of 4.4 V in USB 2.0, and 4 V in USB 3.0. A high-power device draws, at most, the maximum number of unit loads the standard permits. Every device functions initially as low-power—but may request high-power, and gets it if it's available on the providing bus."

Ratboy wrote: »

other versions are 12v, and have 6 pin, and use different data lines wired, just to confuse.

No what you are getting confused with is the 'Powered USB or PD' standard, which is not 'USB standard' and which is not relevant in any shape or form to the OP's question other than to allow you some glimmer of hope in coming out of this with a shred of credibility. These are found on some devices such as POS terminals, but can you show me where the OP asked 'can I charge my phone/kindle while paying for my groceries at Tesco' ?

Ratboy wrote: »

different data lines wired

Gibberish.



Anyway despite your attempts to muddy the quite clear waters do you remember this.....

"Hi all,

I have a Kindle wall-socket recharger. Can I use it safely and without any problems to recharge my Ipod Shuffle or should I recharge it via my PC USB connector only ?

Many thanks

Lisa"

....my answer was 'yes' it is still 'yes' and will remain 'yes'. With regard to this question and this question only would you agree that is correct Ratboy ?

Wilsony924

I think it is not a good ideal, as some devices not compatible for it has its irregular charging requirements

Kentuniversity wrote: »

Hi all,

I have a Kindle wall-socket recharger. Can I use it safely and without any problems to recharge my Ipod Shuffle or should I recharge it via my PC USB connector only ?

Many thanks

Lisa

WTFH

Yes you can, it's perfectly safe to charge an iPod/iPhone using a Kindle wall socket charger.