What To Do When Your Switch Won T Charge. If you want to charge a Switch from a standard usb charging block youll want that block to be able to provide at least 21 amps at 5volts. If your Switch battery is dead and you havent played in a while the first thing to try doing is doing a hard refresh with your Nintendo Switch and leave it plugged in for up to an hour.
Try plugging that particular charger and cord into multiple outlets to find out if its your cord or the outlet. Thats enough to play and charge simultaneouslybut not at the fastest rate. Not all standard USB charging block can put out 5 volts at a high current.
The Joy-Con controllers will not power on.
Try plugging that particular charger and cord into multiple outlets to find out if its your cord or the outlet. Use an official Nintendo Switch Power Adapter. Rebecca Spear iMore. Make sure that the Joy-Con has the ability to fully charge before disconnecting it from the console and attempting to pair it.
