Why doesn't extension cable work?

Louche Lad

The charging cable that came with my iPad was only a metre long so was awkward to use — I travel a lot so I often have to recharge in cafés, other people's homes, trains, ferry terminals etc. and sockets are never in convenient places.

The cable started to disintegrate, so I got a replacement from a pound shop. However, the replacement was even shorter — just 75 cm, so even more awkward to use.

Then I got a USB extension cable from another pound shop — a lovely 3 metres long for just €1. However, when I connect it up to the charging cable, the iPad won't charge, and I don't undertand why. The battery indicator at the top right shows the charging symbol, but the iPad does not actually charge up. The 3-metre cable doesn't seem faulty because it works when recharging my phone.

It's almost as if Apple are detecting an unauthorised cable and are blocking it somehow. It's very frustrating.

Any ideas what's going wrong?

Sad Professor

USB extensions don't work. They are not able to power the iPad which needs more power than a phone. If you want to extend the charging cable you need a power cord that connects to the adapter, like the one Apple sells here:

http://store.apple.com/ie/product/MC359B/A?

Louche Lad

Sad Professor wrote: »

USB extensions don't work. They are not able to power the iPad which needs more power than a phone. If you want to extend the charging cable you need a power cord that connects to the adapter, like the one Apple sells here:

http://store.apple.com/ie/product/MC359B/A?

...at €29. Quelle surprise.

Agent Smith

Sad Professor wrote: »

USB extensions don't work. They are not able to power the iPad which needs more power than a phone. If you want to extend the charging cable you need a power cord that connects to the adapter, like the one Apple sells here:

http://store.apple.com/ie/product/MC359B/A?

before you go Buying a fancy smancy *(that a word?) cable for 29 euro. try a different one.


One i got in a pound shop up north (2meters) charges both my iphone and Ipad Quite nicely!

Agent_99

http://www.grabone.ie/dublin/eventa-solutions-2

this might be of interest to you

Louche Lad

Agent_99 wrote: »

http://www.grabone.ie/dublin/eventa-solutions-2

this might be of interest to you

That certainly is of interest — many thanks.

kjl

if only there was a website where you could buy tiny things like this at a very reduced price, some sort of auction website where sellers around the world could place items to sell.

Oh well, I guess we will just have to make do with pound shops

http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=ipad+extention