Help? My charger killed two laptops!
This is the laptop charger. I have two laptops that use the same charger. I watched a movie on one laptop on battery, then plugged it in and went to sleep. Got up in the morning and the laptop ...
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The adapter that plugs into the 120v,ac, outlet only converts the voltage form 120v, ac, to the correct dc voltage required for each laptop.
Not all laptops use the same voltage!
The battery-charger is built into the laptop. You most likely fried the charger and shorted the battery in one of the laptops.
The "Battery" LED on the front of the panel would be "unlit" if not plugged in. The LED would be "reddish-orange" if plugged in and charging taking place. The LED would change to "green" when the battery reaches at least 95%soc. On newer larger Asus laptops the "Battery" LED will flash "orange/green" if the battery capacity has dropped considerably from new.
I have the Asus i7 17.5 inch gamming computer.
You never explained how you were able to recharge the laptops.
Plugged into shore-power? Plugged into a generator? Plugged into an inverter connected to RV battery-bank? What type of inverter?
Safest way to recharge a laptop is to have the unit turned off while charging from any source other than a correctly wired shore-power. This way the computer circuitry is out of the loop when charging. Only the charging circuit and battery are exposed the possible under or over-voltage from bad current of voltage.
Not all laptops use the same voltage!
The battery-charger is built into the laptop. You most likely fried the charger and shorted the battery in one of the laptops.
The "Battery" LED on the front of the panel would be "unlit" if not plugged in. The LED would be "reddish-orange" if plugged in and charging taking place. The LED would change to "green" when the battery reaches at least 95%soc. On newer larger Asus laptops the "Battery" LED will flash "orange/green" if the battery capacity has dropped considerably from new.
I have the Asus i7 17.5 inch gamming computer.
You never explained how you were able to recharge the laptops.
Plugged into shore-power? Plugged into a generator? Plugged into an inverter connected to RV battery-bank? What type of inverter?
Safest way to recharge a laptop is to have the unit turned off while charging from any source other than a correctly wired shore-power. This way the computer circuitry is out of the loop when charging. Only the charging circuit and battery are exposed the possible under or over-voltage from bad current of voltage.
