dog812
04-13-2015, 05:29 PM
Update.
I am going on a flyin hunt for a couple weeks and want to make sure all of us can stay in communication.. So after doing a lot of searching and research. Talking with garmin and external battery companies. I found out some good info.
So the Rino chargers put out 9.5v @1.4A, the battery is 7.4v 2400 mah.
So i looked for a external battery that put out 9volts.
You could use a 12v output battery, but your losing 30% while charging.. which is why the power monkey and other externals dont last very long, i saw one guy got 1 full charge out of a full 9000mah power monkey extreme, not good..
http://s5.postimg.org/3yfgo2nib/garmin_powermonkey.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/3yfgo2nib/).
I found a fairly cheap ($40) Chinese external battery, that had a 9v output, and also came with the proper adapter to plug right into my 530HCX. Its 10,000mah , and has a usb aswell for charging your camera or phone etc.. It is very small (219grams), not much bigger then a smart phone. Click Here for the EBay Auction (http://www.ebay.com/itm/10000mAh-Backup-External-Battery-5V-9V-12V-Power-Bank-Charger-For-Phone-Router-/121527049077?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4b939b75) It is coming from china, so it does take a few weeks.
Here are my not so technical findings so far.
With a full charge on the new external , My garmin at 35%, it charged to full in 3.5 hours, and brought the external down to 75%.
My second charge , with the battery still at 75%, My garmin was at 85% charge to full , and is still at 75%.
I will keep adding more data as i get it. But it looks like ill get a good amount of use out of this battery before it needs recharging.
http://s5.postimg.org/cqbuezrer/battery.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/cqbuezrer/)
http://s5.postimg.org/j5fgpenib/battery2.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/j5fgpenib/)
You could probably use any external that put out 9v. Just this one was cheap and came with everything i needed.
As for the new rino's. they changed their plug to a 2 prong plug, weird!. But same mah and 8.4 voltage of battery. So you could spend $20, buy a second wall charger, cut the cord, and solder it to the dc cable for this unit. Have not tried it, but doable.
I am going on a flyin hunt for a couple weeks and want to make sure all of us can stay in communication.. So after doing a lot of searching and research. Talking with garmin and external battery companies. I found out some good info.
So the Rino chargers put out 9.5v @1.4A, the battery is 7.4v 2400 mah.
So i looked for a external battery that put out 9volts.
You could use a 12v output battery, but your losing 30% while charging.. which is why the power monkey and other externals dont last very long, i saw one guy got 1 full charge out of a full 9000mah power monkey extreme, not good..
http://s5.postimg.org/3yfgo2nib/garmin_powermonkey.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/3yfgo2nib/).
I found a fairly cheap ($40) Chinese external battery, that had a 9v output, and also came with the proper adapter to plug right into my 530HCX. Its 10,000mah , and has a usb aswell for charging your camera or phone etc.. It is very small (219grams), not much bigger then a smart phone. Click Here for the EBay Auction (http://www.ebay.com/itm/10000mAh-Backup-External-Battery-5V-9V-12V-Power-Bank-Charger-For-Phone-Router-/121527049077?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c4b939b75) It is coming from china, so it does take a few weeks.
Here are my not so technical findings so far.
With a full charge on the new external , My garmin at 35%, it charged to full in 3.5 hours, and brought the external down to 75%.
My second charge , with the battery still at 75%, My garmin was at 85% charge to full , and is still at 75%.
I will keep adding more data as i get it. But it looks like ill get a good amount of use out of this battery before it needs recharging.
http://s5.postimg.org/cqbuezrer/battery.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/cqbuezrer/)
http://s5.postimg.org/j5fgpenib/battery2.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/j5fgpenib/)
You could probably use any external that put out 9v. Just this one was cheap and came with everything i needed.
As for the new rino's. they changed their plug to a 2 prong plug, weird!. But same mah and 8.4 voltage of battery. So you could spend $20, buy a second wall charger, cut the cord, and solder it to the dc cable for this unit. Have not tried it, but doable.