Re: hand charger for neo
On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:41:14 +0100, joerg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i spend a fair part of my time away from power points/computers and having recently got a hand-crank powered torch, i realise this would be the way to go for re-charging my neo. I've one too... I've some connectors for commercial phones, but I don't know how I could use it for my future neo... I've just a two-pin jack-like port... Any idea? get yourself a powered usb-hub Anyway i doubt anyone likes to turn the crank for at least 2 hours, to charge NEO's battery ;-) You wouldn't want to reach 100% battery this way, but you might want to crank for several minutes to send that important SMS you have to send, or make a vital call. -- Alexey Feldgendler [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ICQ: 115226275] http://feldgendler.livejournal.com ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: hand charger for neo
Robin The cranks I've tried don't have much in the way of voltage regulation and usually don't have a capacitor to avoid voltage dropouts when you skip a beat... the duracell flashlight/usb crank voltage varies all over 3v-5.5v with inconsistent cranking. At least the sidewinder has a cap to avoid dropouts, but it worries me that it'll go to 6.3v with fast cranking. Maybe there are better crank chargers out there that really could be trusted... Brad On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Robin Paulson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i spend a fair part of my time away from power points/computers and having recently got a hand-crank powered torch, i realise this would be the way to go for re-charging my neo. so, anyone have any experience/recommendations.ideas, about companies that produce these? thanks ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- Brad ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: hand charger for neo
Robin Paulson ha scritto: i spend a fair part of my time away from power points/computers and having recently got a hand-crank powered torch, i realise this would be the way to go for re-charging my neo. I've one too... I've some connectors for commercial phones, but I don't know how I could use it for my future neo... I've just a two-pin jack-like port... Any idea? -- Treviño's World - Life and Linux http://www.3v1n0.net/ ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: hand charger for neo
Am Mi 12. März 2008 schrieb Marco Trevisan (Treviño): Robin Paulson ha scritto: i spend a fair part of my time away from power points/computers and having recently got a hand-crank powered torch, i realise this would be the way to go for re-charging my neo. I've one too... I've some connectors for commercial phones, but I don't know how I could use it for my future neo... I've just a two-pin jack-like port... Any idea? get yourself a powered usb-hub Anyway i doubt anyone likes to turn the crank for at least 2 hours, to charge NEO's battery ;-) j ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: hand charger for neo
joerg wrote: get yourself a powered usb-hub Personally, I ordered a gadget talked about on Andy Powell's blog on the weekend: http://blog.automated.it/2008/03/08/how-long-does-yours-stay-up/ In his blog article, he talks about a USB power pack that you charge, and then attach other devices to the power pack to recharge them. Portable power source, if you will. Combined with Bobby Martin's script to switch to 500mA charging, this should work very well. Link to the device: http://www.portablepowersupplies.co.uk/usbliionbatterypack.htm I ordered the 'standard' version (£21.50 inc pp) with the extra power charger nibs for my iPod touch and Samsung phone, and until my Neo sells on eBay, I'll use it for my Neo too. Cheers, Ian ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
