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Nighthawk M1 battery charging problem
I have just bought a Netgear Nighthawk M1 through Telstra to enable working in the field. Plugged into the wallmount to charge and the battery seems to drain instead. It will only charge through USB ...
ajohnsonmc wrote:Plugged into the wallmount to charge ...
What's the "wallmount"? That's not a term that I am familiar with. Nor is Google in this context.
A transformer with a USB output?
Is this a weird Australianism? The plug that goes into the wall is what makes it a wall-mounted plug. And yes, the USB goes into it. Exactly like most charging devices.
Bests, Anne.
I believe he's referring the AC wall socket.
I'm finding the same thing unfortunately. The Nighthawk M1 wont charge while plugged into AC power via the included wall charger.
I'm also in Australia so maybe we received a bad batch of wall chargers?
PepitoBird wrote:I'm also in Australia so maybe we received a bad batch of wall chargers?
That's an easy one to test. Try a different wall charger.
The delight of the USB approach is that it doesn't matter whose charger you use. They all deliver the USB standard output.
So try a charger from your mobile phone.
One thing worth considering for road use is one of those large battery packs that they sell to top up your phone on the road. I have one that holds 10200 mAh. It would probably run the mobile router for quite some time.
You could also check that the micro USB lead isn't a dud.
Page 22 of the manual has some tips on charging:
Thank you, that makes sense. Will try these suggestions on return from work travels (without router).
I’m having that problem in America, with most recent models.