Ipad Adapter Gets Hot

But this was cold to the touch and consuming zero standby power.

Ipad adapter gets hot. So recently starting around a couple months ago my ipad gets pretty warm and even a little bit hot when playing games such as asphalt 8 minecraft pe csr 2 clash royale etc. Consumption 0 watts measured by belkin watt meter power socket. So perhaps they ve improved the design. Ipad 2 posted on feb 15 2013 6 00 pm.

Testing ipad square adapter model a1401. In this article we ll discuss the reasons why good lightning cables go bad and debunk the myths about what can happen when your iphone cable gets hot. My ipad2 with medium brightness always remains cold to the touch. It gets hot in the process.

Now i noticed the charger was getting pretty hot as well whenever i used my ipad while charging it. The heat needs to escape and ipads don t the luxury of f. Whilst my ipad2 is charging the plug gets warm to the touch but once it reaches 100 the plug goes cold. However if the adapter is quite hot enough that it could hurt your hand after touching it for a few seconds there could be a serious issue.

Left plugged in but not connected to ipad for 12 hours. This overview will help you identify a usb power adapter from apple. So regardless of how much power is available the laptop or an ipad will demand from your adapter the appropriate levels of power that your device needs to charge itself with. Also if it s hot try turning the brightness down.

This blog post is inspired by a comment posted by uwais vawda on my article called why does my iphone battery die so fast. These adapters and cables are also available separately from apple and authorized apple resellers. The charger converts ac electricity from 80 to 260 volts into dc electricity at 5v to charge your ipad. Is this normal or is this a faulty cord.

I just copied and pasted my answer from the same sort of question. Sometimes my ipad heats up after a little bit of youtube watching. When a laptop is plugged in and turned on you will notice the adapter may be warm to the touch. When you need to charge your iphone or ipad we recommend that you use the usb power adapter and usb cable that came in the box with your device.

You don t state which ipad you have but it it s the new ipad then there are various posts within this forum highlighting that they can get very warm. And make sure it s not laying flat on a blanket or your legs.