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Eric Supreme Yakin' Moderator Offline I love this place!! Posts: 10847 Scottsbluff, Nebraska Gender:	Fishcam charger Jan 16^th, 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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Tom Motor-Mouths Administrator Offline REMEMBERING AN ICON Posts: 15500 Pocomoke, Md. Gender:	Re: Fishcam charger Reply #1 - Jan 16^th, 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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Eric Supreme Yakin' Moderator Offline I love this place!! Posts: 10847 Scottsbluff, Nebraska Gender:	Re: Fishcam charger Reply #2 - Jan 16^th, 2010 at 12:39pm What do you mean by polarity?
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Eric Supreme Yakin' Moderator Offline I love this place!! Posts: 10847 Scottsbluff, Nebraska Gender:	Re: Fishcam charger Reply #3 - Jan 16^th, 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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Re: Fishcam charger
Reply #4 - Jan 16^th, 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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Eric Supreme Yakin' Moderator Offline I love this place!! Posts: 10847 Scottsbluff, Nebraska Gender:	Re: Fishcam charger Reply #5 - Jan 16^th, 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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Tom Motor-Mouths Administrator Offline REMEMBERING AN ICON Posts: 15500 Pocomoke, Md. Gender:	Re: Fishcam charger Reply #6 - Jan 16^th, 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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Eric Supreme Yakin' Moderator Offline I love this place!! Posts: 10847 Scottsbluff, Nebraska Gender:	Re: Fishcam charger Reply #7 - Jan 16^th, 2010 at 1:48pm I got it connected and it's charging at 12.2 volts
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Tom Motor-Mouths Administrator Offline REMEMBERING AN ICON Posts: 15500 Pocomoke, Md. Gender:	Re: Fishcam charger Reply #8 - Jan 16^th, 2010 at 2:11pm what did you do?
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Eric Supreme Yakin' Moderator Offline I love this place!! Posts: 10847 Scottsbluff, Nebraska Gender:	Re: Fishcam charger Reply #9 - Jan 16^th, 2010 at 3:19pm I cut the barrel end off of the charger and put on the correct flat connectors.
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Tom Motor-Mouths Administrator Offline REMEMBERING AN ICON Posts: 15500 Pocomoke, Md. Gender:	Re: Fishcam charger Reply #10 - Jan 16^th, 2010 at 3:45pm cool beans
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