Emergency Charging Alternative

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Fabulist

Discussion Starter · Jul 22, 2011

I got a few of these as emergency lights for our earthquake kit. Since it has a charging port, I was wondering if it can be used to charge a dead EV in an emergency. At 4.5V, 220MA, it produces close to 1Watt, so I should be able to fully charge a flat Karma battery in 20,000 hours of cranking. Sounds feasible, right?

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kabalah70

· #2 · Jul 24, 2011

In reality AAA is starting to offer emergency EV charging services. I thought someone already mentioned it.

http://www.fastcompany.com/1762382/what-happens-if-your-electric-car-runs-out-of-juice-on-the-road

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Fabulist

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jul 24, 2011

Or you can just park it in the sun, have a couple of lemonades and wait ...

[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSChzJ327Rg[/video]

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