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That's good. Plug in the battery at the station, "here, jack this." Plug your phone into the output jack of the battery.
by fernly 7y ago
That's good. Plug in the battery at the station, "here, jack this." Plug your phone into the output jack of the battery.
- ncmncm 7y agoThey usually say not to charge the battery and draw from it at the same time. They never say why.
- dragonwriter 7y agoSo, get two batteries, and charge one while using the other to charge. Plus, you then have a charged backup battery...
- Piskvorrr 7y agoFollow the money: a system which only works in one mode or the other at a time is an order of magnitude easier to design/debug/manufacture than a system that needs to work in one mode, other mode, both at the same time, and seamlessly switch between these (=> also cheaper).
- eythian 7y agoPassthrough creates a lot more heat, and that heat hangs around longer, which is not good for the battery. I think Anker said that.
- NullPrefix 7y agoTo dissuade you from charging the battery from the battery itself.
- mabcat 7y agoThe charge controller doesn't allow simultaneous charge and discharge. It might allow simultaneous charge and power. The concern is, if your power pack does let you power devices while charging the battery, it's passing the power straight through from the wall, not via the battery. Is it also passing the data lines straight through? Not sure, you'd have to check the schematics. Here's an example... a great board, I own one, but I have no idea if the data lines are isolated: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2465 https://www.adafruit.com/product/2465