Posted by Jake Blues
i dunno if i can describe this properly but i just wondered if something like this was available anywhere:
an emergency charger that you charge up from a normal power point then when your mobiles battery runs down you just plug it into the phone, flick a switch and the power is transferred to the phone.
i know you can buy emergency chargers from pound shops that run from aaa batteries but they cost a fortune in battteries! i just wondered if there was one that ran from electric?
Posted by fetzi
so you´re searching for a battery to charge a battery?
Why don´t you just buy a second regular? If you don´t buy originals they won´t be that expensive - but generally equally (or even more) powerful.. (as long as you´re not using nokia btw..)
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Posted by Jake Blues
to charge a second battery i would have to put it in the phone. i havent got the time or memory for that
at least with the other thing all i have to remember to do is keep it charged then pick it up on my way out.
plus i dont trust non original batteries, nokia or not.
Posted by masseur
not sure about rechargeable battery chargers but you can certainly buy wind up chargers like the one won in playtime [look here) but I personally just carry a USB charger as you can almost always find a PC somewhere nearby
Posted by tallinex
I have seen such a thing, i belive that you could get 1 at myer (in Aust) it runs on 2 AAA Batterys
Posted by Jake Blues
yea i mentioned the aaa run ones above, i had one once and duracell shares shot straight up.
how do these wind up chargers work? do you have to stand there winding it while its plugged into the phone to generate power?
because that would make me look really good at work while im flipping burgers!
Posted by masseur
to be honest I didn't even try the wind up charger before sending it out but my understanding was that you wind it up briefly like a toy and the stored energy in the spring is what provides power as it unwinds. you can buy wind up radios (at the gadget shop etc) that work the same way
Posted by tallinex
i have never heard of a wind up one??? what a wast if time, and you would look like an idiot
Posted by Sammy_boy
I've got both a wind up charger and one that takes aaa batteries. With the wind up one, you have to be winding it constantly to get the phone to charge constantly, which can be rather tiring but useful if you're in the middle of nowhere and need to send a text or make a quick call urgently. The main problem is you'll be winding for something like 8 minutes to get a 2 minute conversation or something like that.
What I have done with the battery-powered emergency charger is I have some NI-MH rechargeable AAA batteries which I used in that. They gave the phone enough of a 'get me home to a charger' charge and it didn't cost me a fortune in batteries!
The other option is to carry a charger somewhere with you - I have one in the glovebox of my car 'just in case' also.
I've also seen solar-powered chargers on Ebay for around £10 - but not tried them so not sure what they're like and if they need the light of 1,000 suns just to put a bit of charge into your phone!
Posted by masseur
as I mentioned, I always carry a USB charger but you reminded me that I do also have a cigarette lighter USB adaptor so I can plug any of my USB chargers into any car
thats unfortunate about the windup charger you have. doesn't sound like fun at all
Posted by fetzi
I´ve got a solar-powered radio alternatively working with wind-up.. If there´s at least one sunbeam it works perfect but winding up it takes a quote of 5:1 wind time:work time.. Therefore the solar-powered could make it.
but I´m not quite sure whether nature's burger flip station is so sunshiny..
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Posted by Jake Blues
well theres plenty of flames when im working. wonder if the solar panel would tell the difference?!
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Posted by fetzi
what about a steam (or old oil) powered charger?
Posted by michka
Yeah, buy an old steam locomotive, put it on blocks and take the power from the wheels to rotate the wind charger. That would do it.
Posted by fetzi
Turbines powered by the toilet flush?
Careful be we must, or moved to garbage are we
Posted by *Jojo*
I manage to SEE some battery powered celfone chargers at my turf, and that was 'bout 3 years ago! Yes, it runs in (2) AA batteries . . . Though it ONLY accomodate mostly of those Nokia branded fones, and as I asked one of the sales personnel, he told me that IT can charge a drained fone to it's MAX ONLY in 3 uses
and that WILL completely depend as well with the brand of battery you are using with the portable charger . . . he made his basis when he used an Energizer and a Duracell branded AA batts !
Posted by 701
Too bad those aren't available anymore, they were useful!
Posted by Sammy_boy
I've got one of those that runs off 4 'aaa' batteries, I'm sure you can still get them from shops. What I do as well is if I'm using that, I put 4 rechargeable batteries in it, so that if I use it, I'm not spending a fortune on non-rechargeable batteries.