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Title: Charging backpack on the go
Post by: tomasxguty on March 21, 2017, 08:41:40 pm

I have a Gardiner backpack that came with a standard wall charger.
I wonder if it can be charged directly from the cigarette lighter outlet. The output on the power brick says DC 12V which same as the car socket. Perhaps if I put a solar panel charge controller between the socket and backpack it would protect it from overcharging the battery.
I don't use the backpack a lot these days so would prefer to charge it on the way to a customer just like an auxiliary battery from split charge relay. Has anybody tried something similar?

Title: Re: Charging backpack on the go
Post by: Simon Trapani on March 21, 2017, 09:02:21 pm

Probably best buy an inverter.

Title: Re: Charging backpack on the go
Post by: dazmond on March 21, 2017, 09:44:12 pm

i dont see the point.i too have a  gardiners backpack that only gets used a few times a month.i just charge it up every couple of weeks with the supplied wall charger.the battery lasts ages!

Title: Re: Charging backpack on the go
Post by: AuRavelling79 on March 21, 2017, 10:16:57 pm

Take a spare battery. They're pretty cheap.

Title: Re: Charging backpack on the go
Post by: Simon Trapani on March 21, 2017, 10:19:01 pm

Quote from: dazmond on March 21, 2017, 09:44:12 pm

i dont see the point.i too have a  gardiners backpack that only gets used a few times a month.i just charge it up every couple of weeks with the supplied wall charger.the battery lasts ages!

I agree

Title: Re: Charging backpack on the go
Post by: tomasxguty on March 21, 2017, 10:53:13 pm

Thanks.
I did use an inverter but don't see the point converting 12V DC to 240V AC and then back to 12V DC.
I thought that perhaps there is a backpack charger that can be plugged directly to the cigarette lighter.
Maybe Alex Gardiner can create something like this for us  ;)