3V with 5V charger?

[mebaby2]

Ok sorry i have 0 knowledge when it comes to electricity and i just got a "Xbox One Play & Charge Kit V2" so i dont have to waste batterys.

 

Can you charge the Battery pack with a old 5V usb to wallplug phone charger without it being harmfull to the battery ?

Its a legitimate old 5v 500ma 0.35A usb to wallplug and the battery pack states 3.0v 1400mah (4.2Wh).

 

Im just way closer to the wall then i am to the steamlink so it would be nice to be able to charge it from the wall while i play.

Oh and a wonderfull doggo that loves to walk through a hanging cable like it doesnt exist, cant blame him.

 

PS : sorry ive been living in a bubble for a while and wasnt sure if this would go in "help" or "general discussion", i read the be4 you post at the help section and it seemed more pc related?

[jaslion]

The 3v is the ouput of the internal battery to the controller (which is normal since a AAA battery is 1.5v and it needs 2 to work) it charges over normal 5v from a usb port or in your case charger.

 

So go ahead and plug it in.

[mebaby2]

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

The 3v is the ouput of the internal battery to the controller (which is normal since a AAA battery is 1.5v and it needs 2 to work) it charges over normal 5v from a usb port or in your case charger.

 

So go ahead and plug it in.

Awesome thanks a million !

 

 

[jaslion]

32 minutes ago, mebaby2 said:

Awesome thanks a million !

 

 

I mean just some rechargable batteries would also do :p. I'm still using my over a decade old gp rechargeable batteries for my xbox 360 controller and still going strong never out of battery for more than 20 ish seconds when I need to swap em :p.

 

Keep in mind that pack has a lithium ion battery in it so it will degrade and eventually die so I do tend to just advice some decent batteries (my ikea batteries are 8 years old and still trucking) + a generic charger that stops when they are full and you always have batteries to spare :p.

 

The only non rechargeable I own are for my bicycles back light as otherwise I have to swap em twice a year instead of just once a year+ with non rechargeables. Still using the same 20 pack from 5 years ago for that :p.

[mebaby2]

On 11/16/2021 at 3:09 PM, jaslion said:

I mean just some rechargable batteries would also do :p. I'm still using my over a decade old gp rechargeable batteries for my xbox 360 controller and still going strong never out of battery for more than 20 ish seconds when I need to swap em :p.

 

Keep in mind that pack has a lithium ion battery in it so it will degrade and eventually die so I do tend to just advice some decent batteries (my ikea batteries are 8 years old and still trucking) + a generic charger that stops when they are full and you always have batteries to spare :p.

 

The only non rechargeable I own are for my bicycles back light as otherwise I have to swap em twice a year instead of just once a year+ with non rechargeables. Still using the same 20 pack from 5 years ago for that :p.

Yeh i get rechargable batterys, but i wanted the pack so i could use the controller wired into a wall outlet when the battery is empty and keep playing.

And if the pack ever dies i just use it wired permanently.

I know sounds odd but my steamlink is to far away to wire it to that, and im sitting right next to a wall outlet.