Re: [iPAQ] french electricity?

you may not be aware of the pc2002 charging process, I certainly am having
problems with it.

with my current setup, since re-installing my wince.gz:
the light flashes, when plugged in, even though the unit is not charging,
this happens in the UK as well, which I had not appreciated.
on occassion it also flashes when not connect to the mains.

I'm fairly certain this is not linux behaviour, i dont know if it is pc2002
standard behaviour, but it is not rational.
I only installed this immediately before going to france, and have only just
returned, so it is a little difficult to abstract what the cause is.

If anyone has experience of this I'd like some constructive discussion, as
the current system is nothing like transparent.
(for instance that a flashing light means the unit is charging)

otherwise please don't add your personal considerations about this issue, we
already have a quorum of these.
smart-ass responses get us nowhere, (I also studied physics, it is
conceivable that a reduced voltage might prevent charging, for some reason).
actually there were 2 donkeys, a wild doe and a sanglier in the field
outside.

thanks again

jonathan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrance Sullivan" <terdsl@mail.magma.ca>
To: "Alan Cox" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: "jonathan chetwynd" <j.chetwynd@btinternet.com>; <ipaq@handhelds.org>;
"JameyHicks" <jamey.hicks@compaq.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 3:28 AM
Subject: Re: [iPAQ] french electricity?

> On Sat, 2002-07-20 at 20:18, Alan Cox wrote:
> > On Sat, 2002-07-20 at 23:19, jonathan chetwynd wrote:
> > > not certain about this, but during a brief visit to France this week
it prooved impossible to charge the 3850 ipaq(ie ~18hours=4%), using a
standard UK plug.
> > > I've been told that most appliances work fine, and the unit recharges
normally in the UK.
> > >
> > > This obviously limits its usefulness, can anyone else confirm this,
should anyone at compaq be informed?
> > > This was using pc2002, but I cannot believe this effects the issue.
> >
> > UK and French power is identical. It has been for several years
>
> Ah yes good point - electrons would have a problem telling which side of
> the channel they're on... Now if you can only do the same with the
> currency..
>
> alas I digress :-)
> \Terry
>
>
Received on Sun Jul 21 17:44:28 2002