Black_Hawk
Juggernaut
Really good info, thanks for sharing. I will have to place an order on Alibaba soon and see how it goes.
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Really good info, thanks for sharing. I will have to place an order on Alibaba soon and see how it goes.
mayank11280
Forerunner
Hey, is anyone ordering something from AliExpress? I need to buy an Oral B charger of small value. I will really appreciate if someone can help me order it, maybe by collating it with their order and then later I can arrange shipping from their address?
If you can wait for couple of weeks, ping me. I'll be back in the country. My second brand new -made in Germany- oreal b brush broke.
Oral B uses proprietary chargers for each of their brush models. Plus these chargers are not rated across all voltages. Some are 110V, while others 220V only. Makes no sense really, as these chargers output 5V DC, which could have been achieved for both 110-220V using a single circuit, like rest of the industry.
I had two chargers burnt which were rated at 110V (purchased in US) as they drew excessive current at 220V wall. When I reached out to OralB India, offering to purchase a 220V charger, they flat out refused to sell one, even when I offered to pay for it. I was forced to either buy a new toothbrush from them or to use a step down transformer with 110V chargers. Mind you these devices consume less than 1W of power. Using a transformer is bonkers.
Complete scum of the earth company. There's no other explanation.
I had two chargers burnt which were rated at 110V (purchased in US) as they drew excessive current at 220V wall. When I reached out to OralB India, offering to purchase a 220V charger, they flat out refused to sell one, even when I offered to pay for it. I was forced to either buy a new toothbrush from them or to use a step down transformer with 110V chargers. Mind you these devices consume less than 1W of power. Using a transformer is bonkers.
Complete scum of the earth company. There's no other explanation.
tech.addict
Herald
Whats the charging voltage? If its 5V yu can cut the lead in between and connect the oral B base with a 5V USB cable.
Like cut after the base, cut a usb cable and isolate the red and black wires and attach them to respective wires to the base. Even if its 3.7V you can attach a IN4007 diode in series with 5V charger to drop the voltage and use it.
If you are not a DIY person take help of someone.
That was possible IF you can get a hold of the correct charger. Depending on OPs brush, it could be any of the following:
I don't understand why would a company go out of their way to define so many standards across different voltages, when it all of it could have been solved using a USB. Unless it's corporate greed.
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tech.addict
Herald
Don't worry about input voltages. You need the output charging voltages. Look into that.
mayank11280
Forerunner
Hey thank you however, the AC-DC circuitry and wireless charging coil are inside the elliptical thingy. It is fully glued. Repair would mean opening it up but opening it up will almost destroy everything inside. It is one of worst designs I have ever seen. The charger keeps on failing again and again. I am on my fourth brush now. Get it replaced in warranty every time. Now I have many brushes but not even one functional charger.
Hey. Thank you. I will ping you around end of Feb.