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.
Dinesh6252
Discoverer
Maybe I Can repair all the chargers if you can ship to me.
Thats the beauty of this community.
Trying to help each other.
how frequently do you mean here?
I just got my oral b pro 3 last week now I am confused about charger
I too purchased my electric toothbrush from the US but I did know that the charger voltage range is as per US standards. I wrote to Oral B who did refuse it but when I contacted their customer care and after much coaxing, they agreed to sell me only the charger for Rs. 1500 but the lowest grade Orab B toothbrush was available for Rs. 1070 and it came with the charger. I went with the latter and I have one charger between both of them. Back then, Aliexpress was not banned and there was an Oral B charger with the EU pin for just Rs. 270 but I took the safe route. I also researched about step down transformer and most the well rated ones were too bulky or impractical.
They actually do have a travel charging case which is powered by a USB port so one can use any mobile phone adapter to charge the toothbrush. Too bad they did not bother to implement it in the default charger stands that come with the brush.
Yes, that is correct. The charger is shut so it does not cause any electrocution since Oral B anticipates these will be placed on the sink and easily come in contact with water. Any attempts to open & close it will be futile. I suggest you pay the extra and get a toothbrush in India which comes with a compatible charger or contact the service centre to purchase one. From my experience, the latter will be more expensive.
