Can this be used to recharge via the cigarette lighter on an RV while we are driving during the day? How long would it take to fully recharged?
157071
Yes, but you have to buy the charging cable separately. No idea how long it takes. I didn't buy the cable.
157072
I finally discovered that it needs a USB to USB cord along with a cigarette lighter plugin that has a USB port on it. My C-100 came with a DC plugin for the battery with a thing you plug the cigarette lighter plug into. It took me awhile to figure it out and I don't know why they didn't include these key parts in. As for how long it takes to charge, I haven't gotten to try it yet.
479910
I am not sure of how much current. I have mine plugged into cigerret lighter in my 18 wheeler.It does not drain batteries when truck not running overnight. I have mine running at 0 degress. It is worth the money..
1572950
i really dont know for sure, but i own a car lot so i use mine evryday serveral times a day and i can recharge one a lot of times , before i have to have a new one,this is about my fifth one and i have tired other brands but this is the one i always come back too
2029879
This is a 12V battery about 1/3 the size of most car batteries in an easy-to-carry case. When you first connect it up via the jumper cables, a fair amount of power will be "shared" between batteries (which I think of like having 2 buckets of water where you connect them and the water level balances out depending on how much each had and the sizes). Although that can provide a fair "charge" pretty fast (which may be enough to get a car started), it is very limited and will never "recharge" the other battery 100%. If you have this connected to another battery and plug in its AC charger, power will go to both batteries, but the chargers in these only put out 0.5 amps where it can take 24 hours just to charge itself if heavily drained so it can take several days to charge itself and a drained car battery connected up together. So that's probably why most manuals say "disconnect everything while charging" discouraging doing that, but it can work (if you don't mind the time it takes). Otherwise if you want to be able to charge a car battery in less than a day, you'll want a 5-10 amp car charger.
2165265
YES. Although I've never used this while charging in a car, I don't see why that form of use/charging would be any different from use/charging while at home (i.e., plugged into an AC wall outlet). I routinely use this while it's plugged-in and charging. Although it seems to hold a charge for MANY days, if not months, when not in use.....I most often have not used it in a while, so that when I do use it, I charge it at the same time so that by the time I'm finished...it's also fully charged. Hope this helps.
721723
You could do that, sure, but the idea of the charger is to maintain, not recharge. They should call it a maintainer instead! It won't charge a dead battery; rather, it'll keep a live battery from going dead. So--if you know the battery is live, you might do as you've said, but if your trailer was mine, I'd keep the battery attached to the charger full time. That's what I do, and it works. Eric
1786887
The primary problem is that the Cigarette Lighter (so-called "Accessory Power Outlet" now) is limited to 3-5 amps (in "old" vehicles), or about 8-12-?15 amps (recent vehicles), and there is no home-made way to limit that current--you could be blowing fuses or melting insulation.... That means UNSAFE! ...The best approach is to use jumper cables, but try not to explode one of the batteries when you connect the cables!
1665360
I use it all the time in the car while we are moving, but for camping, unless you can recharge your battery, it needs the adapter for electric use. Car battery would only last a short time.
513949
I would think so, for as long as you have sunlight or daylight, you are charging with a couple of watts. You should measure the amp draw of your system though. My particilar vehicle has constant amp draw of 2 to 3 amps and with this solar charger, can extend the life of a full charged battery to about 3 weeks as it only charges during sunlight hours. If I were to disconnect the battery, thus removing the amp draw, it would stay fully charged with this solar charger.
1059112
It would charge in the car but the car would probably have to be running to keep the current going. It doesn't work without being "plugged in." The first camping trip I took it on the timer/delay broke. Cheaply made. I cut the timer completely off. I have rigged it up to attach directly to a small battery and slept very warm. So it does work pretty good now.
121188
I only use mine when I'm out camping. I have no problem with it recharging a Standard RV battery.
1177224
It is not rechargeable. It will work off of standard house outlet, but the cord is short. Plan on using an extension cord. If hooking up to your car, that cord is really long.
410547
You can keep it in the cigar lighter but not for more than 4 hours. It will use your car battery.
288150
Been using mine to power an RV. Under full load, a full tank (almost a gallon) to run intermittent full power for an AC and it runs about 5 hours. I have never had to run it at full power for a complete gallon, so I am guessing it would last around 3-3.5 hours on continuous full speed. Hope this helps.
854312
The unit runs off your car's battery when you attach the cable that comes with it to the cigarette lighter. I believe it charges during this use. I think you can use it without the cable for about two hours--good for when you take it with you on a walking tour. There is a USB cable you use when you want to download changes to the map. I don't know if the unit gets charged at this time as well. The unit comes with both cables and a window mount. I ordered a weighted "pillow" mount so I could hide the unit from potential thieves when not in use. That mount sits on my dashboard and doesn't move while I'm driving. Some states have regulations regarding the mounting of the unit on the windshield. The unit runs off your car's battery when you attach the cable that comes with it to the cigarette lighter. I believe it charges during this use. I think you can use it without the cable for about two hours--good for when you take it with you on a walking tour. There is a USB cable you use when you want to download changes to the map. I don't know if the unit gets charged at this time as well. The unit comes with both cables and a window mount. I ordered a weighted "pillow" mount so I could hide the unit from potential thieves when not in use. That mount sits on my dashboard and... » Read More The unit runs off your car's battery when you attach the cable that comes with it to the cigarette lighter. I believe it charges during this use. I think you can use it without the cable for about two hours--good for when you take it with you on a walking tour. There is a USB cable you use when you want to download changes to the map. I don't know if the unit gets charged at this time as well. The unit comes with both cables and a window mount. I ordered a weighted "pillow" mount so I could hide the unit from potential thieves when not in use. That mount sits on my dashboard and doesn't move while I'm driving. Some states have regulations regarding the mounting of the unit on the windshield. « Show Less
1576604
Hi there. For camping. and sleeping on the back of my pickup truck. Im using a 100 watt solar pannel connected to a 125 mah battery with a 1000 watt power inverter. I also use a 200 watt heater( smallest I could find) so I wont drain the battery so quick. in other words this one can be use as well in a setu up like mine or if you want to use it in your car battery you would need to connect the 1000 watt amp DIRECTLY from the car battery. DONOT connect it of cigaret outlet. it will blow the fuse since those dont allow to go up to 1000 watts. any questions just ask :)
2229256
It depends on the source. The box comes with a wall adapter and a 12v car adapter. I've used them both and the wall adapter takes about 1 to 1 1/2 hours from empty to full. The 12v car charger takes around 2 or so for a full charge from empty. And, generally speaking, a full charge will last for a half day with constant use - 4-5 hours or so. Hope that helps! Happy fishing!