electrical mismatch, The charger base requires 10v, the car puts out 13.8 v. who wants to give it a "smoke" test?
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Using this cable it works fine on my truck until I start the engine and it ramps up to charging voltage (14V+). At that point, the light on the base shuts off, there is no charging going on.
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I used my car charger with a 12-volt battery with a power socket attached to it to power the charger, and it worked just fine.
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It worked fin plugging 12VDC into the charger base. Unfortunately, that is the ONLY car charging option I am currently aware of for the Baefeng radios. Hope this helps answer your question.
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Hi Bryan,So your car does not have a cigarette lighter socket? Whoops! Unfortunately I am not familiar with what new cars have and have not with regards to a 12V DC output. The item that you have bought requires either a USB or a cigarette lighter type connector. I guess that I would ask your car guy if you have such an output connector in the car or can one be installed. I have not heard of this before. Good luck.r
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the charger, cord in this case dose not change the voltage or limit the current it only checks the car ground through the j1772 plug and applies voltage if nothing is shorted to ground the car dose the rest.(it may also tell the car the max current it can draw) You bet your life on the ground test so do not try to make your own "charger" without electronics to do this test.
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try replacing the USB cigarette adapter with a different one - sometimes, car USB adapters can be problematic.
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Maybe you could using a 110V converter that plugs into the cigarette lighter socket. I would check with the manufacture!
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I have an inverter I use that I plug into my cig lighter, if you can wait until I get a chance to test mine...............I should be able to get back to you with an answer on Tuesday or Wednesday. Tim
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No offense, but you are making a common experimental error. It sounds like you are saying your car started because you put this charger on it for an hour. That is an invalid conclusion. You don't really know the charger was the reason the car started. To determine if that was the case, you'd need to charge the battery fully, then leave the lights on for the same period of time as before, then turn them off, immediately try and fail to start the car as you did before, and finally leave the car alone for the same hour you said you put the charger on the car. Then, try to start the car. This would be a true and valid A-B experiment. I'm betting the car would start in this second scenario. Anytime a lead-acid battery is run down to the point where it won't start a car, if you shut off the battery drain and let the battery rest for a while, the battery will usually recover and be able to start the car.
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Sorry, I can't shed any light on the subject, Brian. After ordering the charger I discovered the problem was with my battery not the charger - I returned the charger I purchased through Amazon. My battery had run too low to be charged using any charger. I had to take it to a golf cart service store and they got it up and running for me. The charger I had was perfectly OK.
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I have to add that mine was roasted by an ex-girlfriend in Ireland who couldn't tell the difference between the adapters that change the plug and adapters that also change the voltage. She figured it out after smoke started pouring from my charger. Finding a charger alone for a reasonable price is damn near impossible.
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The Guage will show how much amps the charger is putting in the battory if your battery is not taking the charge I would have to say the battery is bad
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Read Joe Cunningham's reply. There should be something on your drago to tell you voltage etc. I have a generic android and this car charger works fine.
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Each battery has a set amount of voltage that it can soak in every second. This one being 4.7V I believe. Getting a better one wouldn't matter unless that charger is below 4.7v (the stock battery charger puts out 4.8v)
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You can convert any old / unused 12v car dc adopter to work for you. It's a DIY job. The charger as you mention is just powering 12v dc to the Orange P409s via a mini USB socket
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Connect it to a switched circuit like your radio feed. The cig outlet is switched in European cars and some Asian models too, but generally not switched in US manufacturer's models.
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The charger is only for 110v. I Try to use it in 220v and the smoke appears..
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You can use a transmitter charger from another mfg , be observant of polarity, I use an old ace charger that is about 25 yrs old, or you can use 1.5 v dry cells ,
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Sounds to me like you may have a defective battery. Only sure way to find out is to try another one or ask a dealer (if you have one in your area) to check it for you. Thats the best I can tell you as this is the first thing you should always check. Its also possible your charger is not up to snuff. Good luck. -js