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iPad Dual-USB Charging cable

Charge your iPad using 2 USB ports, twice as fast as on a single USB port.

1. Cut 2 iPod|iPhone|iPad Cables
2. Identify and verify the cables that carry power (in case you are not using the apple supplied cables) - usually they are red (+5V) and black (G)
3. On one of the USB cables, cut and isolate the data cables (the two cables NOT power related as in item 2 above)
4. Reconnect everything (I used a small veroboard, but just simple splicing/soldering should be okay) - Just make sure you connect the power cables IN PARALLEL.
5. Insulate and test (I used Sugru to create a more hardy enclosure)

This has been tested to bring up a 7% battery charge iPad to full in about 5 hours - more testing is underway for validation)

3 comments

Jul 23, 2011. 12:06 PMgrundisimo says:

One USB cable could bring the charge up faster. And, if you aren't careful, using this could ruin the iPad you just spent 500 plus dollars on.

Nov 27, 2011. 8:46 PMjgosselin says:

if you are unfamiliar with series and parallel wiring you should look it up, it is very helpful when dealing with electrical instructables. because the iPad is rated for 5v/10watts by apple. that's 2 amps if this is connected to a PC it would never ever be in danger besides faulty wiring as a pc only outputs max 5.25volts/900 mA's over a standard USB port. not to mention if u supply access amperage it just won't use it. so to readdress the point.. as long as you clearly can ID the 5+volt and gnd and connect them correctly in PARALLEL this charger is just about equal to the wall wart they ship it with.

NOTICE: some PC's have dedicated charging ports they can output around 1.5-1.8amps so you technically wouldn't even need this cable if your PC had such ports, but they only come on high end motherboards.