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iPad 4 charger exploded

  • 08-04-2013 7:03pm
    #1
    Darwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,695 ✭✭✭


    Hi all, so my wife's iPad charger basically exploded today (pic attached). The fuse box tripped and I was wondering what the hell was going on. It turns out she bought two spare chargers on ebay (from Hong Kong) and it was one of these that went pop. I've looked at the other spare and compared it to the official one, the quality certainly looks dubious. Just a warning to anyone else to be careful!
    I just tested the iPad now and it charges away no problem, so fingers crossed it survived. However, there are stories of official chargers going pop too. Just wondering if anyone has anything similar to tell...


Comments

  • #2
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    Is that not a charger for the iPhone? i know the charger for the iPad 2 was a lot bigger so i presume its the same for the 4th gen


  • #3
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    That's not an iPad charger, it's for an iPhone. If they clearly marketed it as an iPad charger then I'd say it's not an official one at all.


  • #4
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,876 ✭✭✭Scortho


    jesus thats bad.
    At least with the official one you might have some comeback


  • #5
    culabula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,213 ✭✭✭culabula


    guil wrote: »
    Is that not a charger for the iPhone? i know the charger for the iPad 2 was a lot bigger so i presume its the same for the 4th gen

    Yes, the 4th-gen iPad has the bigger 12w version. The iPad mini only has the 5w and IIRC, its the flat one like the one in the photo.


  • #6
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    culabula wrote: »
    Yes, the 4th-gen iPad has the bigger 12w version. The iPad mini only has the 5w and IIRC, its the flat one like the one in the photo.
    Yes the mini comes with the same one as the iPhone, my sisters did anyway


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  • #7
    BrianHenryIE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭BrianHenryIE


    Ken Shirriff's blog: Tiny, cheap, and dangerous: Inside a (fake) iPhone charger


  • #8
    Darwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,695 ✭✭✭Darwin


    Yikes I didn't realise the mini had a different charger to the full size iPad - I have the mini. To explain...the iPad 4 was bought on holiday in Austria and it came with a US charger (the store gave her a discount because of this), so I guess we were a little ignorant of what the real Irish/UK charger looked like. At any rate the one that blew is definitely a fraud. I feel quite silly now, not only was it the wrong charger, it was a fake to boot! I think we got off lightly at any rate...


  • #9
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,534 ✭✭✭✭guil


    By any chance is the ipad 3G or just wifi?


  • #10
    Darwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,695 ✭✭✭Darwin


    Just the wifi version.


  • #11
    wilford
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭wilford


    It was on "fake britain" the other morning trading standards going into shops in the uk and clearing the shelves of these fake chargers they then did the lab tests on them the pic posted above is exactly what happened to them all,imagine if your hand had been onit at the time!!!


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  • #12
    Lord Nikon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,613 ✭✭✭Lord Nikon


    Okay, I'm confused. It doesnt look like you turned off the switch to the socket, so it blew without a source running through it?


  • #13
    ironclaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    Lord Nikon wrote: »
    Okay, I'm confused. It doesnt look like you turned off the switch to the socket, so it blew without a source running through it?

    I'd imagine first instinct was to turn it off and remove it from the wall.

    Fake chargers are so dangerous. Don't use them ever.


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