With that said, if you’re charging your PS4 controller without your console at home, you don’t have to worry about having a dead controller in the middle of a game. It’s as easy as using simple adapter. No need for fancy stuff here.
This method let you top up the charge without turning on main unit or putting it in rest mode.
If you want to recharge while your main unit is switched off, this feature will allow you to do so.
Choosing the Right Power Source
Now pick out one of your cables, but this time read label on back of controller. It will tell you exactly how much current that controller draws along with what voltage it needs.
The label reads: DC 5V, 800mA. So that makes it simpler to locate a charger that would of work for your moddern model.
Find a wall adapter of similar output levels. Find one labeled as 500mA @ ~5V (close enough to safe for charging). It’s not branded, just some unbranded wall adapter with the right specs in it. It is a good match.
Avoid expensive smartphone adapters made for super-fast charging, as pushing more current or voltage than the controller can handles might not be good. Stick to plain old regular low-output adapters, safer.
In the absence of an available wall outlet, you resort to using a regular old power bank. Sure, why not? As long as your bank puts out 5V, you’re good to go. It’s also small enough to throw into a bag and take with you.
Plug it in
Plug one end of the USB cable into the power bank and the other into your controller. Then, there’s a little LED indicator on the power bank that’ll light up once it’s connected and you know the blue means it’s good.
There’s no fear of plugging it into too much juice and frying the battery. The controller handles the input power efficienty.
Whether you’re using a power bank or a wall adapter, it charges at a consistent pace. Just plug it in and let it charge up ’til it’s full.
It’s one of those little changes that makes your day-to-day more convenient. Instead of having to power up the PlayStation to juice a controller, this does all the work for you. You don’t have to sit there waiting on the system to start; you simply put it in and let it do its thing.
When your controller dies unexpectedly, you grab an extra adapter so you can plug it in and wait for it to charge. Now when you play, you always know that you’ll be able to control things at any time. It is a tiny change that makes a huge diffrence.
The thing with gaming accessories is that you don’t need fancy electronics to get things working. Charging your DualShock controller isn’t exactly rocket science either, yet most folks seem to forget about doing so from an external source.
Give it a go and you’ll see: it’s quite obvious what the answer is. That said, you’re going to want to do this rather than plugging into the console. Just use a power bank that works with its requirements (5V/500mA) and everything will be all good in the hood. Easy-peasy, no geek-speak required.
