How does the charging time compare between the 12V car adapter and the "normal" AC line transformer?
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I can help a bit. The AC adapter is rated 10 volts (+ to TIP) at .5 AMP. The cable is just that ,a cable...no special regulator or electronics ,with + to the tip. The charge regulation is in the charging stand...the SAME STAND you use for the AC adapter , so ...it charges at the same speed as the base stand and this explains the results I have observed...though I rarely run the radio till it tells me "LOW BATTERY" I really like my UV5RA.
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i received the wrong charger and it was never replaced i just got a refund, sorry couldnt be more helpful
1563994
I have not used the car charger yet, but it will depend on how much power it can put out. This works for cell phone chargers as well. For example, lets say we have one charger that can output 5V at 500mA and another that can put out 5V at 1500mA. If the device is capable of drawing all of that power, then the second charger can charge the device up to 3 times faster.
1563995
I'm sorry, I can't answer that question. I have not been able to even try anything yet; everything is still in the boxes until after I take my HAM operator training and test.
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Dingo, Ran my battery to empty and it was a 9.7 kWh deficit. (Meant to use kWh instead of kW earlier.) The charge indicator showed about 3 hrs. 15 mins, for 240v, 9 hrs 30 minutes for 120V 12 amp. Plugging it in at 7 Amps, the meter readjusted to 14 hrs. 45 min. for 7 amps. So recharging a Volt takes about 15 hours vs. 9.5 hours for 12 a. You should adjust your charging time to the capacity of the battery bank.
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I haven't tried the car adapter. It came with one, but I've always used the regular wall charger. They are good about returns though. I bought the wrong one the first time and they took it back without any problems.
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Almost all power adapters of this type are switching power from AC to DC. The "premium" is just marketing hype from whet I can tell. The transformer (120-240V AC to 5 V DC) is well made. The reason I needed this transformer was the size of the plug tip. I had an LED lamp and a portable radio / scanner that needed this smaller tip size (which is + by the way). The power change from AC to DC is designated by the term adapter. A better choice of words would be transformer but you don't see that term much. I mean anything with a battery for power runs on DC (direct current). The house power you have is AC (alternating current). This AC power will be used to power the DC device and/or charge the batteries through the use of this adapter. Hope this helps.
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Thanks for your info. Ordered one to use in HK and hope they do not change the provided variable transformer.UPDATE: The charger is 120-240V and the vac cleaner is really good. Should outperform similar products selling in HK.
2065663
110 only my friend. The charger that comes with the car is slow, 6 or 7 hours. I suggest getting a rapid charger. Also, look into lipo batterys. They have a lot better run time.
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The 120volt prongs fold into the back side of the charger - hence no cord at all.The 12 volt car adapter cord is 42" long.Note: this unit charges the batteries separate from the camera. The Sony unit provided with my HDR-PJ230 camera charges only when the batteries are loaded in the camera. It also powers the camera from a 120 volt outlet, but does not have a 12 volt car adapter. The Sony power cord is approx. 9 feet long.
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if your battery is low it may take up to 3 0r 4 days since it's a low amp charge and designed to keep the battery at full charge once it's at full charge. This charger is super for use when you don't drive the vehicle a lot and it sits for any length. it can be used on the battery in the car or taken out, once it's on it can stay plugged in all winter of summer just unplug it when you go driving. If the car stays outside they make a waterproof model. If your looking for a fast charger this is not what you want, if you do buy this make sure it's the 12 volt model ... hope this will help you
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Mine did not come with a 12v adapter. However it does have a wall adapter that converts 110-240 volt input to 12.0 volt/1.5 amps output. The inner pin on the charger end is the positive terminal. Any car adapter with those output specs will work if you have one.
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The charger itself has a fold up 110 volt wall outlet plug on the back. To use in a car there is a lighter adapter with cord that plugs into a mini plug on the charger, so the 12v cord detaches. The unit works well on 110 volts but I haven't tried it yet on 12 volts in the car.
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I can only say that a 8 hour charge for my Volt off a 110 charger takes about 3 hours and 45 minutes with the Leviton
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Your Honda uses 12V batteries and they are usually pretty small, so one of these chargers is perfect for it. The 750mA is the current rating which directly corresponds to the charging time. 1.1A = 1100mA, so compared to the 750mA version, it's about ~47% "more powerful" than the 750mA version. For example, if you had a theoretical 6Ah battery, the 1.1A version could theoretically charge it in ~5.5 hours and the 750mA would take 8 hours. In practice it takes longer but it should give you an idea. Something else to be aware of is the maximum charging rate of your battery ~ these smart chargers won't overcharge your battery but if say the battery can only be charged at 600mA, then you would be wasting money buying the 1.1A charger.
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Charge time is determined by whether you set it to 8 amp or 12 amp. For my Chevy volt, it charges the same as the charger that came with the Volt. On 220/240 40 amp it takes 4 hours. On this charger (same as the Volt OEM charger) it takes 10 hours at 12 amp and 14 hours at 8 amp. I just bought this because I wanted an extra charger so that I could leave the oem charger in the car and still have a 110v charger in my garage.
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You will need a 12V adapter, but MAKE SURE it supplies more than 6 amps... or you will be restricted to charging at less than half of this chargers output range. 1 amp charging a 5700mah battery takes 2 hours!! 5 amps charging the same battery takes 15 minutes... I use my cig lighter and a cord from auto zone to power it... NO ISSUES and I can play all day with three batteries for my traxxas slash at WOT the whole time. I charge one while burn thru the other two. I never have to wait for a battery to get back in the dirt. Hope this helps.
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Some misconceptions here; 1) The battery charger is built into the spotlight itself. 2) The Ac adapter puts out 12v DC at .5 amp, so any 12v dc power supply at .5 amps or say 1 amp, with same plug wired to positive center pin will work if the supplied adapter burns out. 3) The Dc adapter is simply a car power cord with fuse wired to comply with the required positive center pin.
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the adapter I use is a ketch class 2 transformer input:120 ac, 65mA, output:6v DC 300ma
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Warning! I am NOT an electrical engineer, however the instructions state that "The power supply charging unit is designed to operate from 100-240 Volts, 50/60 Hz AC mains supply." Also "Check that the voltage marked on the rating plate located on the power adapter is the same as your mainsupply." Here at my place in DC the things work great.