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I posted this in a thread on custom phone holder ideas but thought it might be of interest to the general forum:
Link to original post and ref to my modified ashtray holder as a mag charger: #147 and other posts thereafter.
OK - results are in
Want ahead and tested the voltage and amperage from the rear (specifically the fast ) charging USB-C plugs and compared to the USB-C slots in the cubby of the console.
Bottomline is they are essentially identical which TBH surprised me! So yes the console multi-function ports appear to offer the same level of change capability as the rear dedicated charging ports.
Voltage/amperage fluctuates for example between having the iPhone awake vs asleep and even then to some degree in either state.
It is true that the highest amperage I briefly saw was in the rear at ca 1.5 A but the front reach 1.4+A too. Voltages from front and rear are essentially the same and varied from 5.15 to 5.19 averaging about 5.17 v (so indeed not up to more recent high voltage studs but thats OK for me).
Some pics (obviously with iPhone active) - when put to sleep mode the voltage and amperages decrease in both sets of ports.
Here is an example from one of the front console usb-c ports again with iPhone attached, charging and awake:
And here is an example again with iPhone attached, charging and awake from the rear seat charging usb-c port:
Link to original post and ref to my modified ashtray holder as a mag charger: #147 and other posts thereafter.
OK - results are in
Want ahead and tested the voltage and amperage from the rear (specifically the fast ) charging USB-C plugs and compared to the USB-C slots in the cubby of the console.
Bottomline is they are essentially identical which TBH surprised me! So yes the console multi-function ports appear to offer the same level of change capability as the rear dedicated charging ports.
Voltage/amperage fluctuates for example between having the iPhone awake vs asleep and even then to some degree in either state.
It is true that the highest amperage I briefly saw was in the rear at ca 1.5 A but the front reach 1.4+A too. Voltages from front and rear are essentially the same and varied from 5.15 to 5.19 averaging about 5.17 v (so indeed not up to more recent high voltage studs but thats OK for me).
Some pics (obviously with iPhone active) - when put to sleep mode the voltage and amperages decrease in both sets of ports.
Here is an example from one of the front console usb-c ports again with iPhone attached, charging and awake:
And here is an example again with iPhone attached, charging and awake from the rear seat charging usb-c port: