[PLUG] Laptop vx Lawnmower batteries

[Andrew Jackman]

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Robert Miesen <robert.miesen at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm no a hardware hacker, but I would almost bet money that a lawnmower
> battery is not going to be built to the same quality specs as that of a
> laptop battery. For example, I suspect that a lawnmower battery doesn't
> necessarily need to have the same strong voltage and ampre output regulation
> that a laptop battery does.

If you're getting it for low power equipment, like laptops, netbooks,
or (heaven forbid!) SBCs, 12V and 5V regulators are cheap and easily
to use (http://tinyurl.com/yas4y33).  This is exactly what we're
planning to use in our delivery computers -- 5V regulators in the box
with a pigtail to the power source.

Preferred pigtail connectors: Anderson Power Poles
(http://www.powerwerx.com/anderson-powerpoles/).

If you're carrying a laptop bag, anyway, I don't see why this can't be
practical.  I like the whole idea of being able to swap out batteries
without shutting down, too.

-- 
Andrew Jackman
kd7nyq at gmail.com

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