Will my 5V 700mA Phone charger work with the Pi 3?

[MartinPi]

I use an old blackberry phone charger of 5V 700mA to power my Pi Zero, can I use this to power a Pi 3?

[blaablaaguy]

Probably not, but i did use a 700mA with a Pi 2 so it might work.

[davidcoton]

Probably not, unless you run it slowly (no overclocking, possibly no turbo) with no peripherals (headless). The recommended PSU is 2.5A, which allows plenty for peripherals.

[Rive]

I use an old blackberry phone charger of 5V 700mA to power my Pi Zero, can I use this to power a Pi 3?

Not if you want your pi3 to function very well. My pi3 struggled with 5V 2A tablet usb power adapter.

.7A is less than 1/3 of the recommended Amperage, and chances are good your "5V" charger doesn't put out 5 volts at all.

Why not just get yourself a $6 power supply that is made for the pi3? 5.25V 2.4A
http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/28-19336

[MartinPi]

I use an old blackberry phone charger of 5V 700mA to power my Pi Zero, can I use this to power a Pi 3?

Not if you want your pi3 to function very well. My pi3 struggled with 5V 2A tablet usb power adapter.

.7A is less than 1/3 of the recommended Amperage, and chances are good your "5V" charger doesn't put out 5 volts at all.

Why not just get yourself a $6 power supply that is made for the pi3? 5.25V 2.4A
http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/28-19336

Will take a look; in the UK for searching for the power supply. Many thanks, anyone have a nice functional but cheap UK supply?

[DougieLawson]

Try this: http://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/power-sup ... wer-supply for six and a half quid plus VAT.

[davidcoton]

Or this from CPC: SC14026. £5.95 +VAT. Free delivery over £10. It's the "official" Pi3 PSU. Drives my Pi3 and WD 1TB hard drive.