Lots of people including astronomers and photographers use Radio Shack
inverters without problems.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Nov 17, 2004, at 9:28 AM, Jeff Keller wrote:
>
> Several years ago I bought a couple Panasonic NiMH battery chargers
> which
> turned out to be a big mistake. They did a rapid charge and didn't
> detect
> full charge. They would toast the batteries.
>
> I would be very reluctant to hook an Oly battery pack up to a charger
> unless
> I was pretty certain it was well behaved. Even the inverter has me a
> little
> concerned. I believe a lot of chargers use the magnetics to set the
> current.
> If the inverter puts out an oddball AC waveform the charger may not
> work as
> expected.
>
> I'm surprised more people haven't dealt with recharging the E-1
> batteries
> from a car. I can run my laptop or recharge AA batteries but the E-1 is
> still tethered to the wall. Buying a yaBe charger with battery pack
> might be
> the safest way to go. If it doesn't destroy it's own battery pack, it
> would
> give me freedom from the wall cord.
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