The 7W unit does not appear to have any pockets that would store an external battery pack. Is this correct?
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No it does not have any pockets. I also have a mophie but use the solar charger primary on the beach or fishing so I don't have to bring my mophie and risk it getting damaged.
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Hello Amber, this product does not store power like a battery. It is designed to be connected to a large generator and allow you to add multiple power outlets.
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I would like to know the answer to this as well. And if not I would like to know how to make that battery compartment as well to charge its batteries outside its case. ^_^
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No. The unit is powered from a permanently sealed battery with 10 year life and cannot use external power, so there would be no point in doing so.
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There is no battery pack, it's a solar panel. You must have sunlight for it to charge anything.
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No. There is no built-in storage battery; so it must be connected to AC power.
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The one I bought has a power cord, not a battery pack. Sorry I couldn't help.
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Yes. I have put mine into a dry box and am able to back pack it with a small 7 amp hour battery. In my pack I also have the cables to hook up to any battery on the fly. This radio has been a great unit to have in a emergency.
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Not really. You can easily open the Radio's battery door, remove the battery-pack, insert a freshly-charged battery-pack, and close the battery door, without losing any of your Radio settings. But, the original batteries are packaged as 3 AAA's sheathed together as a single battery-pack, so I don't know if you could easily fit that battery-pack in an external charger. Finally, looking inside the battery compartment, it also looks like you could use 3 individual standard rechargeable AAA's instead of a battery-pack. So no, I don't believe the battery-pack can be easily charged outside the Radio body, but yes, using individually AAA's you can charge the AAA's outside of the Radio, then insert into the Radio and go. I bought the extra charger because I had two Radios but only one charger, and wanted to give one Radio permanently to an elderly neighbor, who therefore needed his own charger. The extra battery-packs are a bonus; I'm saving them for day when the original battery-packs start losing their oomph.
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No. I picked up an external pretty cheap. It's a little inconvenient, but it makes it lighter and more portable.
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Well the battery pack is internal and not replaceable... That said if you a resourceful DIY person I'm sure you would open then handle and figure out what its got inside for batteries and locate a replacement if you were so inclined. This one is new so I hope to not discover what's inside for a few years to come.
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There is no battery pack reserve for this unit. It operates on direct current from the solar plate.
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There are two very small phillips head screws located on the top of the battery pack (top side is with the upper strap connected to it). The two small screws locked into the small battery compartment lid so they should not fall out when you unscrew them.
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I didn't even look because I couldn't my computer out , but I don't think so. The one I eventually ordered has a zipper pocket with plenty of room for the charger, cord, & remote mouse
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That's an interesting question. As reported in my original report on this product, the unit I received was non-operational. If I were travelling, thanks to your question, I would think about using electronic devices with external power packs to recharge batteries. (th)
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No only the rechargeable Back that comes with it. No place to put Battery's.
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Hi Jason, I usually keep it in my pants pocket but I put the unit in my shirt pocket and it worked fine there also. Let me know if you want me to test some other way.Milt Kahl