Battery Pack for all reasons?

[yahoo2u2]

Not used on of these, but they do seem to be great for all the mobile charging needs


gizmodo.com/the-first-usb-c-battery-that-can-charge-a-laptop-at-ful-1715997541

[nanotm]

yahoo2u2

I have a couple of solar power bricks that can recharge my tablet phone and 30w istick in tandem but due to the adaptor problem none of them could charge a laptop.... having said that they hold more charge than the built in battery so probably could run it and for longer than the fitted one does given the capacity difference's, but you notice its talking about a lightweight ultra modern device rather than a conventional laptop like say the hp-dv7 and it doesn't have the ability to self recharge...

I think i'll stick with my solar units that can recharge on the go, or indeed act as a power through when the sun is shining ....

[phatfil]

what i want is a powerbrick that i can start my car with if the battery runs flat, but as i drive a 21yr old turbo diesel
i need something that will sustain the glowplug heat up (guessing at 3-400amps for upto 10 seconds) as well as having capacity to turn the starter over too.

all ive seen have a 3 second peek draw maximum period ;(


One day soon hopefully

[nanotm]

Feb 19, 2016 19:54:08 GMT phatfil said:

what i want is a powerbrick that i can start my car with if the battery runs flat, but as i drive a 21yr old turbo diesel
i need something that will sustain the glowplug heat up (guessing at 3-400amps for upto 10 seconds) as well as having capacity to turn the starter over too.

all ive seen have a 3 second peek draw maximum period ;(


One day soon hopefully

I used to have a challenge car pack that did that, needed 15 solar panels to recharge it though (or 12 hours plugged into the mains) iirc it had a standard 12v lead acid cell inside and they don't make them any more ....

[phatfil]

Cheers nanotm am going solar trickle charging in the meanwhile.. i will trace a route through to the engine compartment tomorrow (said similar yesterday..)

[Bob]

why wait until October and pay $99 when you can have one of these for £23 and yes I know it doesn't have USB-C, but nothing much does yet.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00OJXVDAU?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00 it's what I use

[DiscoDes]

Feb 19, 2016 19:14:33 GMT yahoo2u2 said:

Not used on of these, but they do seem to be great for all the mobile charging needs


gizmodo.com/the-first-usb-c-battery-that-can-charge-a-laptop-at-ful-1715997541

*engage sci-fi geek mode*

Does anyone else think the logo looks like Weyland Yutani?

[Karma]

Feb 19, 2016 21:20:37 GMT Bob said:

why wait until October and pay $99 when you can have one of these for £23 and yes I know it doesn't have USB-C, but nothing much does yet.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00OJXVDAU?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00 it's what I use

That looks quite good.  I could have done with that on Thursday when we had an unexpected power cut and my phone was nearly out of charge as were most of my e-cigs and kindle

*note to self, keep things charged up*