Has anyone attempted use of a cell phone USB inverter charger from 12Volt car or house current to this light to recharge? Camping that would help.
1370552
Yes, I use my cell phone charger that is plugged into the house current to recharge the lantern.
1370553
Yes, we used our iPhone charger USB converter in the house and the one in our car. Our house had intermittent power due to ice storms for four days and the light worked great. Charged off car only once.
2102535
I used a generic adapter with male USB connector at the opposite end so that I could charge it with my computer's USB port. As what Conley said, there is a possibility of the unit burning out but with the low amperage coming out of the computer, I haven't experienced any problems so far charging the device through this method. Been recharging the unit this way for the past 6 months if there isn't enough sunlight.
1254326
It doesn't charge, it's an inverter which means it uses your car battery to run electronics that would normally plug into your home outlet. It only works when connected to a car battery.
320478
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)
2095440
Like I said, I have not charged mine by USB. Just plug it in and see, it won't hurt it. It will probably take longer to fully charge by USB than by direct sunlight, so just leave it charging overnight and check it the next morning. I found that they only way to make the light go out is by covering the solar screen, or putting the lantern in the dark. It seems to glow otherwise because any light seems to charge it in some manner.
1673710
It shouldn't cause problems. The inverter would only see the voltage from the charger not the current.
1225194
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
1310045
You could hook it up to a 12V converter. It's like a cell phone charger but rated at 12 volts rather than 3.7
2259371
We have never used it for that purpose but see no reason why it would not work. You would use the cable it came with which has a ISB port and plug that into your 12 volt.and it should charge in a few hours.
2157394
In my experience, the charger is not powerful enough to charge a cell phone. My advice is to get a 5200 mAh battery and charge that either with a plug or a different solar panel. I actually ended up returning this one and never have found one I like.
1355934
I will have to get back to you on that question. I assume your inverter output is modified sine wave?Anyway i do belive you can charge the unit with dc power using a male male cord to go into your cigarette lighter. look up the manual online, it will say for sure.
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"Specifications: Input range: 8~23v Output voltage:5V " I doubt it will do a good job with lower input voltage than specs promise. Btw, I am not very happy with the phone charging performance when input is 12.5 volts. I have mounted two of these inside the 12V light fixtures above the table in my 19ft camping trailer
51091
theoretically it sounds plausible since your car adapters or cigarette lighters would be putting out 12v from your car battery anyway, and this sounds like the same type of configuration. Your usb/phone chargers usually run on 5 vdc so there is some step down of voltage that occurs with these chargers. But keep in mind this set up would not be fused like your car is You can buy external fuses for 12v batteries though and from a car battery you are probably going to draw about 13 plus volts directly from a fully charged 12v battery. I would connect an inverter that has a USB port.
46945
I use my phone charger either home or car will work. I have also used my computer to charge it up. It is good to charge your phone once then it needs to be charged.
861578
I run #10 wire to a Power/Charge converter and connect that to charge my 12volt batteries (in series or parallel). To the 12 volt batteries I connect a 400 Watt or greater Power Inverter, one with both 110v AND 12 volt outlets. I use the batteries to run my camping trailer so most of my power is used there. But from the Power Inverter I can run an outside TV, Sirius radio, small fan and all kinds of neat stuff. As long as I keep my eyes on it I can go weeks on two batteries and one 100w solar panel (in camping/travel trailer)
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Sorry for getting back to you very late...I plugged the AC adapter into the light and it did turn on, but this does not say that it is running off the adapter and not just the battery. I would suspect it was running off the adapter. I could experiment and drain the battery then do this again. I modified my light by replacing the internal 750mAh battery with two external 2000 mAh batteries. Each will keep the light going for about 1:45 mins for a total of about 4 hrs of use. That is good for my long ghost hunts.
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I've never tried it, but typically it should not charge because the 6v solar charger is specific to dry-cell rechargeable battery. A 12v battery is acid filled and you must have a 12v solar panel with trickle to charge acid filled battery. Otherwise it could blow up!