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Re: [OM] Universal Battery Charger?

Subject: Re: [OM] Universal Battery Charger?
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:07:59 -0700
On 6/17/2014 1:31 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
Oops.  ....  I do have the car outlet attachment for my Leica battery
chargers but we will be traveling in a school bus.

A solar solution like Charlie suggested might be of use. With the 12v cables for the chargers and a 12v splitter, several hours of full sun every day or three day might keep you charged up.

A less than cursory search revealed nothing about power draw using the battery input. A quick check of one of my generic chargers, shows 12v input current of only about 0.1 Amp. You could get Tom to measure draw for your Leica chargers with a depleted battery installed.

If you then get a solar cell with 4-5x that capacity, you should be able to use both chargers at once in somewhat less than full sun. Bigger cell = less light needed.

Somehow, I'll bet Tom can work out the details. Engineers have their uses. :-)

With all those batteries and a few sunny days, you should be entirely 
independent, if need be.

Travelin' Power Moose

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