Hi. I'm new to the solo. Bought a used one at a great price recently and love it. My issue is that I have 3 batteries and sometimes need to charge it in remote locations where there is no AC outlet. I have a battery pack with 19v output for laptop charging. M10 - Portable Power Station|Power Banks|Chargers|Cables
Has anyone tried using a 19v laptop charger to charge the battery? I understand that the battery pack itself contains the bms and that the charger brick is used as a power source only. Do you know if the bms circuit has power regulation to allow for the use of 19 v input? I assume that it does since most lipo balance chargers allow for various input voltages???
My other option is to use a step down regulator to convert 19v to 16.8 using this [US$7.99 26% OFF] Geekcreit® 8A DC5-30V to DC1.25-30V 150KHz Automatic Step Up Step Down Adjustable Power Module Voltage Regulation With Short Circuit / Overtemperature Protection Module Board from Electronics on banggood.com
But I want to keep things as simple as possible so if 19v works, it would be ideal.
I also have a portable AC power pack
Amazon.com : NEXPOW Portable Power Station, 178Wh Solar Generator Lithium Polymer Battery Emergency Backup Portable Power Source with 110V/120W(Peak 150W) AC Inverter Outlet, USB-C PD 3.0, for Outdoors Camping : Garden & Outdoor
which I can use with the stock AC adapter
but the capacity is somewhat limited at only 178Wh.
Any ideas?
Has anyone tried using a 19v laptop charger to charge the battery? I understand that the battery pack itself contains the bms and that the charger brick is used as a power source only. Do you know if the bms circuit has power regulation to allow for the use of 19 v input? I assume that it does since most lipo balance chargers allow for various input voltages???
My other option is to use a step down regulator to convert 19v to 16.8 using this [US$7.99 26% OFF] Geekcreit® 8A DC5-30V to DC1.25-30V 150KHz Automatic Step Up Step Down Adjustable Power Module Voltage Regulation With Short Circuit / Overtemperature Protection Module Board from Electronics on banggood.com
But I want to keep things as simple as possible so if 19v works, it would be ideal.
I also have a portable AC power pack
Amazon.com : NEXPOW Portable Power Station, 178Wh Solar Generator Lithium Polymer Battery Emergency Backup Portable Power Source with 110V/120W(Peak 150W) AC Inverter Outlet, USB-C PD 3.0, for Outdoors Camping : Garden & Outdoor
which I can use with the stock AC adapter
but the capacity is somewhat limited at only 178Wh.
Any ideas?