On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 07:41:05AM +0100, keith.jamieson@bt.com wrote:
Tim
In these days when most people have cars with 12v supplies ( ciggy lighters! ) and inverters are <£30 then I cant see when people even on holiday run out of power.
Confused of Ipswich
I'd get a battery charger that plugs straight into the 12V socket rather than convert 12V to 240V back to whatever the battery charger uses. Of course your suggestion will work for some people some of the time but charging batteries can take "some time" (although I just managed to pick up a Varta 15 minute charger and 10x15 minute charge AA's all brand new for £13 the other week). I'd much rather just go and buy a load of alkalines when I find the batteries are dead on a day out rather than spending an hour or two sitting in the car with the ignition on waiting for the batteries to get charged up.
Adam