[bookport] Re: bookport improvements
- From: "Aman Singer" <aman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 08:20:22 -0500
Hi, Paul.
The eliminator I have goes up to 6 AA batteries (they have 2 and 4
cell versions, too), so any device that takes up to 6 AA cells can be
powered off this particular unit. They have something for 9 volt batteries,
too, but there are better ones sold by Radio Shack and other electronics
stores. The one from QCAvionix plugs into a lighter socket, and I had to get
a converter to get it working on house current. The one RS and other stores
sells works on house current directly.
As for AAA, C, D, and so on, I haven't seen anything that serves an
equivalent function, though I don't see why such a thing couldn't be made.
HTH.
Aman
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Paul Henrichsen
Sent: December 25, 2004 1:03 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport improvements
Hi, Aman. How cool is that! What the thing you are using needs more than
two batteries or batteries of a different size like c or d?
At 12/24/2004, you wrote:
>Hi, Paul.
> The eliminator comes with a set of nearly cylindrical objects
which
>look like batteries but aren't (they provide no electricity on their own).
>They do, however, fit into the AA compartments of the BP. One of these
false
>batteries has a wire running out of it and to a box which, in turn, plugs
>into a cigarette lighter jack in a car or, with the proper converter, into
a
>wall outlet. Therefore, the power looks like battery power to the BP, and
>comes from the same place the BP usually gets its power. One false battery
>in the BP's compartment provides all the power, the other is just there to
>complete the circuit, if needed.
> HTH.
> Aman
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of Paul Henrichsen
>Sent: December 24, 2004 1:28 PM
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport improvements
>
>Hi, Aman. How do you connect it to the bp?
>At 12/24/2004, you wrote:
>
> >Hi, Keith and all others looking for a plug-in power source for the BP.
> > I received the battery eliminator from QCAvionix. It works very
>well
> >indeed for the BP (I'm not going to use it too often, as it impairs the
> >portability of the BP, which is one of the best things about the unit),
but
> >this is inherent in plugging the BP in. The eliminator is particularly
> >useful for those times when one needs to do large USB transfers. I just
> >finished transferring 500 files, filling up around 2 gigabytes, and don't
> >know how well I could have done this, which took several hours, with
> >standard batteries.
> > I'll put forward two caveats, if I may. First, setting the
voltage
> >on the eliminator is not accessible. You set the number of cells the unit
>is
> >intended to replace by twisting a knob inset into the eliminator's box.
>Note
> >that you're setting number of cells, not number of volts. I nearly made
>that
> >error, as I had set the unit to three, thinking that I was setting the
> >number of volts (two AA alkaline batteries give three volts, at their
>best).
> >I was luckily undeceived before actually plugging the eliminator into
> >anything. In any case, you have to use a screw driver or some other
object
> >with a flat head to do the adjusting and, though the knob does click,
> >there's no way of knowing which position you're at. It's best to get
>someone
> >to have a look, as there's a risk of giving the device you're powering
the
> >wrong voltage. Further, I don't know if using the battery eliminator
causes
> >damage to the BP. I've used it twice for hours at a stretch and have
found
> >nothing wrong with the machine, and it seems quite happy to go back to
> >batteries, so can only say it works here, and can't guarantee it working
> >with repeated use, or working at all.
> > Again, thanks to Keith for mentioning this product. Though I'm
not
> >going to use it for the BP particularly, it will be very useful for other
> >things, and for the BP on occasion.
> > Aman
> >
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