Neil Green wrote:
> "Mike S." <retsuhcs@xinap.moc> wrote in message
> news:fvpe51$eil$1@reader2.panix.com...
>> In article
>> <4820348e$0$17511$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> ,
>> Neil Green <nrgreenNOT@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>>> Hi all.
>>> My Nokia phone charger for my 6131 has died.
>>> It's rated 5V.
>>> I have another older Nokia charger but it's rated
>>> 5.7V, is this difference within tolerances for the
>>> phone or will I cook the phone if I use it with an
>>> adapter cable?
>>> The battery is 3.7V.
>> It will work. May charge the battery a little faster
>> if the output
>> current is also higher.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
> Yeah, the current rating in the old charger is higher,
> 800 mAh against 500.
> Is this still OK?
>
>
With any charger - battery relationship the thing that MAY cause
problems is how fast the battery can charge - given a higher voltage and
high current capacity, then the battery will try to charge quicker and
thus heat up and burn out. If in doubt give it a short time and unplug
and let it cool then repeat. Do this till charged. Only when happy
battery isn't frying leave unattended.