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Fishcam charger
Jan 16th, 2010 at 12:23pm
 
The charger for my fishcam battey is no good. The specs are:
input:100-240v-50-60hz 0.3a max
output: 12v /...500mA.

THe battery is a FM1240 (12V4.5Ah)

So what can I use to charge the battery?
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Re: Fishcam charger
Reply #1 - Jan 16th, 2010 at 12:33pm
 
any 12-13.6 volt charger that has the right plug and polarity

look through your box of wall warts, I bet you'll find one... just make sure the polarity is the same

OH BTW: it has to be a 'charger' not a power supply
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Re: Fishcam charger
Reply #2 - Jan 16th, 2010 at 12:39pm
 
What do you mean by polarity?
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Re: Fishcam charger
Reply #3 - Jan 16th, 2010 at 12:41pm
 
If I get something with a barrel plug, can I just cut that off and put on the correct plugs?
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Reply #4 - Jan 16th, 2010 at 12:46pm
 
I knew you were going to ask that so I have been looking for a pic but I can't find one.

lemme see if I can splain it...

if you have a round thing that plugs into the unit to charge it, some of those plugs are center pin (+) and the outer ring (-) in fact most are.

BUT... some have the center pin - and the outer ring + this is very important because it's like connecting the battery backward and will ruin the unit.

they are also different sizes... but.. if you have a wall wart that has the same spects we can cut the end off yours and put it on the good one regardless of the polarity we can make it work.   
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Re: Fishcam charger
Reply #5 - Jan 16th, 2010 at 12:58pm
 
I understand now. The battery has 2 flat connectors, 1 for + and 1 for -, so polarity won't be an issue.
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Re: Fishcam charger
Reply #6 - Jan 16th, 2010 at 1:16pm
 
you still have to know which is (+) and (-) on the charger

if you find a charger you can check that with a meter
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Re: Fishcam charger
Reply #7 - Jan 16th, 2010 at 1:48pm
 
I got it connected and it's charging at 12.2 volts
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Re: Fishcam charger
Reply #8 - Jan 16th, 2010 at 2:11pm
 
what did you do?
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Re: Fishcam charger
Reply #9 - Jan 16th, 2010 at 3:19pm
 
I cut the barrel end off of the charger and put on the correct flat connectors.
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Re: Fishcam charger
Reply #10 - Jan 16th, 2010 at 3:45pm
 
cool beans
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