50000mAh Power Bank Charger

[Andy_con]

just got one of these -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191092989...eName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649


want it for bike riding so I can have the sat nav on all the time and for festivals so I have unlimited power.

if it gives 30000mAh ill be happy

the plan is to do a bit of testing and report back, just done one charge from 30% to 100%. so will see how many full charges it will give.

 

[AdDaMan]

50000mah FLOL! If you get 15-20k youll be doing well.
I have a couple of different variety's of these and there mega handy. some are s**t though.

 

[BoatNonce]

50 amps for an hour? f**k me, I'll have 2, they'll replace the 4S lipo setup in my lifeboat.

 

[Andy_con]

its not 50 amps, but id like to think maybe a touch more than 20 amps

 

[levaz]

50 amps for an hour? f**k me, I'll have 2, they'll replace the 4S lipo setup in my lifeboat.

I've got a 10000mAh 6s 40c lipo kicking about at the office, dare you to lick the terminals on that!

 

[Andy_con]

currently ive had 4x full charges off the battery pack and there is still some juice left in it.

will try and get another charge from it tomorrow but as im away Friday I need it charged.

charges were from 30% phone battery life to 100%

not bad for £16

 

[Dink]

so that's what 7000mAh used by those charges? (real rough guess)

 

[Andy_con]

???

I was tempted to destroy a usb cable and do some proper measurements with a multi meter.

 

[Dink]

what is the capacity of the item your charging i guessed at 2000mAh ish and 4 30-100% charges would of used roughly 7000mAh of capacity

 

[Andy_con]

just got my 5th full charge from the power pack, this one was from 25% to 100%

um ive got a xperia Z, not sure what battery its got. around 2000-2500 probably

found some internal pics of the power pack online today, got 8 batteries in it and probably kicking out around 20-25amps according to the guy who did the test.

but if you were to put your own 4amp ones in you would get 32amps.

 

[Dink]

i'm guessing they are 18650 li-ion cells about the biggest you can get is a genuine 3000mAh

i want to try and knock up a decent charging dock for those batteries using a cheap RC li-po charger

 

[Andy_con]

yes those are the ones.

I was looking into making my own today

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221174843525?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

http://www.dx.com/p/b88-1-1-lcd-mob...attery-charging-pcb-green-223439#.U35v72cU-M9

 

[JD]

Thanks all. I've gone with a well reviewed RAVpower one from Amazon at 10400, although was tempted by the solar one.

 

[Chip-mk1]

If that really is 50AH then put 3 in series so its 50AH at 15V instead of at 5v and it would make an awesome leisure battery for a campervan, lol

Edit: Looked more closely they are saying the internal 3.7battery is rated at 50AH, so by the time its converted to 5V which isnt 100% efficient you'd obviously get less than 74% of that figure anyway (ie less by whatever the inefficiency is)

So, probably just over half that figure IF it really is a 50AH 3.7 volt internal battery in the first place.

 

[Andy_con]

some general searching on the web suggests its mroe 20 than 50

but for the £16 i paid for it, im very happy

 

[sburrell93]

I bought one of these for going away to a festival over the weekend there.

Charged my phone every day (Friday-Monday) as well as when I got there on the Thursday. Most charges were from below 20% to around 90%, and it also fully charged one of my mates phones too one day.

Works out about 6 charges, 5 of them being full and 1 being a partial charge. Still has charge left in it too. Happy with that result for only £15 tbh!

 

[Chip-mk1]

some general searching on the web suggests its mroe 20 than 50

but for the £16 i paid for it, im very happy

Yeah, Should do most smartphones for a week I would think.

 

[Andy_con]

i put this power bank in my bike bag and run a long usb cable to the handle bars where my phone is and its keeps my phone fully charged whilst i have the screen on and sat nav running for 5 hours. after 5 hours my phone is fully charge and the power bank still has plenty of juice left in it.

i did 3 days at we are fstvl a few months back, again came away with a fulyl charged phone and still juice left in the pwoer bank

its fooking awesome for the price