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Power supplies

Post by mkegruber » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:11 am

Post by mkegruber
Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:11 am

Hi,

I'm not savy (yet) in electronics, however I throw this thought out there to the gurus...

I've read alot about how recharging time between sessions is a large limitation.

So I wonder, would a battery pack which allowed replacable batteries be pratical.

On top of that I was wondering whether using http://www.usbcell.com/ batteries would be better.

My thought is having your laptop with a number of USB hubs all recharging a stack of batteries, then well power drops simply swap out the dead cells with recharged ones.

If a session is 15min long and it takes 1 hour to recharge a battery, then having 4 sets of batteries and enough USB ports via hubs available should allow for continuous use?

Regards
Michael
Hi,

I'm not savy (yet) in electronics, however I throw this thought out there to the gurus...

I've read alot about how recharging time between sessions is a large limitation.

So I wonder, would a battery pack which allowed replacable batteries be pratical.

On top of that I was wondering whether using http://www.usbcell.com/ batteries would be better.

My thought is having your laptop with a number of USB hubs all recharging a stack of batteries, then well power drops simply swap out the dead cells with recharged ones.

If a session is 15min long and it takes 1 hour to recharge a battery, then having 4 sets of batteries and enough USB ports via hubs available should allow for continuous use?

Regards
Michael
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