Fire-wire power supply?

Hi, just a short question. Can I use my fire-wire power supply and the appropriate cable from my 4th gen. classic ipod (monochrome display) to charge the battery of my ipod nano 3rd gen.? Or do I have to use a new USB power supply?
Thank you!
Mike

Yes. I do it all the time. I have an old firewire cable and AC brick (I bought the first version of the iPod Photo which came with ALL the pack ins) which I use to charge my 3rd gen Nano, Touch and 5th gen iPod.
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