helterskelter400
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- Oct 30, 2000
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Guys
i've got a little project ive been meaning to sort out for some time. i'm in aust and our xrs have full lights ect but no battery.
problem is that i'm sick of forking out for batteries for my gps & running out of battery power for my uhf radio. it seems silly to have 12v & heaps of power when the motors running but run everything off external batteries.
as a result, i want to power my gps (magellan 2000xl) & my uhf radio both at the same time & both powered off the bike.
the gps needs a constant smooth 6v and the uhf needs intermittent high draw 7.2v.
so what i'm looking at is making up a 7.2v battery pack (6 nicad AAs) with a take off at 6v (5 AAs) for the gps. easy
i also need to solder up a charger that will take 12v off the bike and keep the AAs full without conflicting with the draw of the gps &/ uhf.
will this work? can i trickle charge the nicad pack as a group while sucking power out of them at the same time??
does anyone have any advice or know a good electronics site that'll have a charger & isolater circuit diagram for me or do i need to sort out a 12v battery pack and charger and build some transformers to reduce the 12v to 7.2v & 6v respectivly.
thanks
hs
i've got a little project ive been meaning to sort out for some time. i'm in aust and our xrs have full lights ect but no battery.
problem is that i'm sick of forking out for batteries for my gps & running out of battery power for my uhf radio. it seems silly to have 12v & heaps of power when the motors running but run everything off external batteries.
as a result, i want to power my gps (magellan 2000xl) & my uhf radio both at the same time & both powered off the bike.
the gps needs a constant smooth 6v and the uhf needs intermittent high draw 7.2v.
so what i'm looking at is making up a 7.2v battery pack (6 nicad AAs) with a take off at 6v (5 AAs) for the gps. easy
i also need to solder up a charger that will take 12v off the bike and keep the AAs full without conflicting with the draw of the gps &/ uhf.
will this work? can i trickle charge the nicad pack as a group while sucking power out of them at the same time??
does anyone have any advice or know a good electronics site that'll have a charger & isolater circuit diagram for me or do i need to sort out a 12v battery pack and charger and build some transformers to reduce the 12v to 7.2v & 6v respectivly.
thanks
hs