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If you’re charging a cellular phone using a home outlet, wouldn’t the more powerful current charge a phone faster than using a vehicle’s power to charge the same cellular phone?

Asked by Bluefreedom (22944points) December 7th, 2010

I noticed yesterday that when I made a 30 minute drive home from work and charged my cellular phone (the battery was almost dead) using the vehicle charger, it was at a full charge on arriving home. When I’ve charged my phone at home, it usually takes anywhere from 60 to 90 minutes, on average, that I’ve seen.

My interest in this, mostly being curiousity and nothing else is, if you’re charging a phone using a home outlet, wouldn’t the more powerful current charge a phone faster than using a vehicle’s power? And, it the opposite is true, what causes the vehicle to be able to charge electronic items faster?

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