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      02-20-2019, 10:42 PM   #4
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Drives: BMW 135i 2008
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Originally Posted by MightyMouseTech View Post
This is why we use a power supply, not a charger, when doing programming.

A power supply supplies a constant voltage to the vehicle. A charger supplies a sine wave voltage that is truncated on the negative side. That means it has very short bursts of charging voltage, and off time. Have seen several computers bricked while programming using just a charger.
Interesting - and not something that has been suggested to me before. Can you give an example of a 12V power supply? Sounds like something I'd like to have in my tool kit.
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