Will this charge my acura mdx battery (occasional battery drain)? If so, do i need connect to electrical outlet while charging my battery?
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It will charge your battery, and you do need to keep the charger connected while charging the battery.
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by the way, your battery drain is probably the handsfree communication module, in the back of the center console
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Good question! You can charge using the car's battery for power, but the ignition key will need to be in the "accessory" position (engine not running). However, the mfg. recommends you start the engine every few few hours to charge the car's battery up again. If the car's battery drains down to 10.5 volts (12 volts is full charge), the Energizer will shut itself off. Hope this helps.Bill R.
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Dear Tom, Thanks for your inquiry. Every bit of research that I've done on this has confirmed that you must use the AC charger in order to charge the battery on the SRSX5 speaker. Please let me know if I can be of any additional assistance. Regards, Eric Cohen World Wide Stereo
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Yes, the power source charges battery. This is a cheapy made unit but can be helpful. I went to radio shack and bought toggle switch to put in between the connection to battery so I could turn off as soon as possible because batt. is so small and used x-mas ext cords for hookup.
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Yes, when the 12V battery is connected to another via the jumper cables the power is "shared" both ways. When you first connect it up to a drained car battery, there will be a fair exchange of power where this unit will "recharge" the car battery some (yet I think of that like connecting 2 buckets of water together and watching the levels equalize since both have a limited amount they carry). If the car is running the alternator's charging power will go into this (as well as it's own battery) or if it's not running then this unit can help start the car. If you have this unit plugged in to AC power to "recharge" and had it connected to a car battery, it will send power to both, just beware that the &lt;1 amp trickle charge can take 12+ hours to recharge this alone (so recharging a car battery as well can take 48+ hours which may seem so slow to you that it makes you think nothing is happening). If you don't mind the time it takes, that will work, otherwise if you want to charge a car battery in under 12 hours you'll want a car charger labeled 5-10 amp output.
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it does have an auto stop when charging with AC. The light will go from red to green to let you know it is fully charged. You can leave it plugged in without damaging the unit. You can not do this with DC. as with your car lighter socket. You can overcharge the battery and damage it. Hope this helps.
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I recently gave this bad reviews only to find out that my battery was on its way out. What I have found is that if you have a good battery that has gone dead for some reason and is not totally drained this will jump your car off. It has also jumped of my Acura Mdx. If your battery is suspect and drained more than likely this will not jump the car off. You only get a couple of shots because with each try the schumcher drains pretty quickly. I hope this helped.
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No because the input amperage output is so low it cannot over charge a car battery. It also has a diode to prevent reverse flow when it is not charging. A dead panel should not drain a battery any faster than the battery would drain on its own without the panel hooked up. If it is dead it is dead. Now if only the reverse diode was dead than maybe it would drain it at night. So far my panel has worked great.
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Yes. AC/DC means it will plug Into the wall and into your car. On the back of the charger not shown in the picture a male prong swings out and plugs into your wall outlet.
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Yes I installed one in a acura mdx it's very easy to install the only issue I had was patch cord for phone was defective . I called usa spec to help trouble shoot it , very upsetting with there customer service. I ended up buying a rca plug with headphone jack and used it that way. But good luck with USA spec .
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Don't know about the motorcar question. The only way I have charged it is through an outlet.
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i understand battery charger should not be wired to the battery while the vehicle is in use. good luck.
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All you do is connect the end that has the clips for battery red positive black negative shows on top of battery as such. There is a plug coming from unit that will pug into those two items once all that is plugged in then plug unit into 110 wall socket and it will charge from there read instructions as to how to tell when batter is fully charged. This unit is not installed it is to be used when needed and can be left hooked to your battery when car is at home with out hurting battery. Once charged then un plug from battery and un plug from wall outlet till needed next time. Hope that helps some but be sure to read instructions as how to tell what the lights on unit is telling you. All you do is connect the end that has the clips for battery red positive black negative shows on top of battery as such. There is a plug coming from unit that will pug into those two items once all that is plugged in then plug unit into 110 wall socket and it will charge from there read instructions as to how to tell when batter is fully charged. This unit is not installed it is to be used when needed and can be left hooked to your battery when car is at home with out hurting battery. Once charged then un plug from battery and un plug from wall outlet till needed next time. Hope that helps... » Read More All you do is connect the end that has the clips for battery red positive black negative shows on top of battery as such. There is a plug coming from unit that will pug into those two items once all that is plugged in then plug unit into 110 wall socket and it will charge from there read instructions as to how to tell when batter is fully charged. This unit is not installed it is to be used when needed and can be left hooked to your battery when car is at home with out hurting battery. Once charged then un plug from battery and un plug from wall outlet till needed next time. Hope that helps some but be sure to read instructions as how to tell what the lights on unit is telling you. « Show Less
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Kimberly, I have mine connected through USB into a plug in my 4runner. I have to turn on that outlet to receive power. If I'm driving and using the device it's charging provided I have the outlet turned on and the device turned on. Come to think of it, I don't know if it charges with the device off and plugged in. I hope that helps. I will say that I really enjoy having it, so far so good without issue in pairing the device with my iPhone 4s.Jason
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It's plugged into the power source, so my answer is yes. It's using power also so I don't know if you would notice it charging, but I can say I've used it when I had no power on my battery and it worked perfectly. I never noticed a drain on it either. It's like using the tablet while charging it. I hope this helps! :-)
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No. It plugs into a standard home wall outlet. Basically, it turns the AC from your wall outlet to the DC you would get from your car battery. You wouldn't need a car plug. If you're looking for something with a car plug, you may be looking for a Power Inverter that plugs into your car and has changes the DC to AC.
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Kimberly, I have mine connected through USB into a plug in my 4runner. I have to turn on that outlet to receive power. If I'm driving and using the device it's charging provided I have the outlet turned on and the device turned on. Come to think of it, I don't know if it charges with the device off and plugged in. I hope that helps. I will say that I really enjoy having it, so far so good without issue in pairing the device with my iPhone 4s. Jason