Anyone own a Rolson's 12V Jump Start with Air Compressor unit?
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From: Trust No One? on 1 Sep 2006 14:26 If so I'd appreciate if you have a look at the mains adapter and let me know what is written on the back or send me a digital snap. In my flat clearout I misplaced the mains adapter for the unit. I've found what I think is the mains adapter but I'd like to be certain. Any help much appreciated. Cheers. -- Peter <X-Files Fan> Please Note: Emailed replies cc'd / bcc'd , containing HTML or attachments auto-binned as spam
From: Goff Deegle on 1 Sep 2006 14:47 On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 19:26:48 +0100, "Trust No One?" <dana.scully(a)usa.xnet> wrote: >If so I'd appreciate if you have a look at the mains adapter and let me know >what is written on the back or send me a digital snap. > >In my flat clearout I misplaced the mains adapter for the unit. I've found >what I think is the mains adapter but I'd like to be certain. > >Any help much appreciated. I'm using a charger from something of Panasonic's. Output 13.5V DC, 400 mA, 9.2 W with the +ve in the middle.
From: Trust No One? on 1 Sep 2006 15:11 Goff Deegle wrote: > On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 19:26:48 +0100, "Trust No One?" > <dana.scully(a)usa.xnet> wrote: > >> If so I'd appreciate if you have a look at the mains adapter and let >> me know what is written on the back or send me a digital snap. >> >> In my flat clearout I misplaced the mains adapter for the unit. I've >> found what I think is the mains adapter but I'd like to be certain. >> >> Any help much appreciated. > > I'm using a charger from something of Panasonic's. > Output 13.5V DC, 400 mA, 9.2 W with the +ve in the middle. Hmm.. the candidate adapter I'm looking at is labelled EMC (model WJB-DC) and the output is 12V DC at 500ma. -- Peter <X-Files Fan> Please Note: Emailed replies cc'd / bcc'd , containing HTML or attachments auto-binned as spam
From: PC Paul on 1 Sep 2006 15:39 Trust No One? wrote: > Goff Deegle wrote: >> On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 19:26:48 +0100, "Trust No One?" >> <dana.scully(a)usa.xnet> wrote: >> >>> If so I'd appreciate if you have a look at the mains adapter and let >>> me know what is written on the back or send me a digital snap. >>> >>> In my flat clearout I misplaced the mains adapter for the unit. I've >>> found what I think is the mains adapter but I'd like to be certain. >>> >>> Any help much appreciated. >> >> I'm using a charger from something of Panasonic's. >> Output 13.5V DC, 400 mA, 9.2 W with the +ve in the middle. > > Hmm.. the candidate adapter I'm looking at is labelled EMC (model > WJB-DC) and the output is 12V DC at 500ma. It's unlikely to fully charge it. The nominal 12V of the sealed lead acid that's 99% sure to be inside it really needs 14V or so to charge it. If you try and charge it with a 12V charger you'll find it doesn't last long at all. But then again a lot of cheap chargers are unregulated - which means they put out a voltage that can vary a lot with load. You'd have to measure it in that case. 13-15V is what I'd look for, ideally 13.8-14.4.
From: Trust No One? on 1 Sep 2006 15:40
PC Paul wrote: >> >> Hmm.. the candidate adapter I'm looking at is labelled EMC (model >> WJB-DC) and the output is 12V DC at 500ma. > > It's unlikely to fully charge it. The nominal 12V of the sealed lead > acid that's 99% sure to be inside it really needs 14V or so to charge > it. > If you try and charge it with a 12V charger you'll find it doesn't > last long at all. > > But then again a lot of cheap chargers are unregulated - which means > they put out a voltage that can vary a lot with load. You'd have to > measure it in that case. > > 13-15V is what I'd look for, ideally 13.8-14.4. Thanks for that. I'll keep looking. Rather silly of me to have misplaced it :( -- Peter <X-Files Fan> Please Note: Emailed replies cc'd / bcc'd , containing HTML or attachments auto-binned as spam |