Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/07

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Subject: [Leica] solar charger
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 11:05:22 +0930
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Oh and these were Leica M8 batteries.  I also charged AAs (more 
successfully).

Marty

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> I used the ICPG-04031
> http://www.steves-digicams.com/icp_solar.html
> with the cigarette lighter adaptor going into the Leica compact
> charger with the car charger attachment. ?It took about 6-8 hours of
> intense tropical sunlight per battery. ?Not really worth it in the
> end. ?On the flight out the panel got broken in my bag. ?I haven't
> replaced it.
>
> Marty
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 8:41 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> 
> wrote:
>> googling "solar charger with 12 v dc out"
>> turns up a number of interesting possibilities
>> for plugging "car" adapters into
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george at imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>
>> On Jun 7, 2010, at 6:06 PM, Sue Pearce wrote:
>>
>>> Marty,
>>>
>>> What kind of charger did you use on what kind of batteries? Before my 
>>> trip
>>> to Africa last year, I researched them, and all I could find werer only 
>>> for
>>> things that charge off a usb port. For things that charge off 12-240AC or
>>> 12vdc, that's of little help.
>>>
>>> Bill pearce
>>>
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In reply to: Message from bs.pearce at cox.net (Sue Pearce) ([Leica] solar charger)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] solar charger)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] solar charger)