Dead battery in the woods? Check this out! (1 Viewer)

[e9999]

Never thought of that, very clever.

Good to store in the back of your mind, just in case... Could save the day.

Might take a while, but fun!



For your enjoyment, don't open the vid right away or read below, think first of how it could possibly be done and then see how close you are...

 

[george_tlc]

Dual batteries. Jump start unit (the modern li-ion type). Petrol generator. Solar panels.

Store that in the back of your mind

I did once in the oz bush see a hobbled together generator for charging up a vehicle battery while camped for a week+ at a time (this before solar panels became more efficient and a LOT cheaper). It was a small petrol motor bolted to an open frame/base with a vehicle alternator (built in regulator or external doesn't matter) hooked up. All cheap/surplus stuff. Might not have met CARB standards though

And yeah, I guessed he was going to use the motor from the chainsaw kludged to power the alternator before I watched the video. That kind of kludge/bush mechanic stuff comes naturally to some of us aussies.

cheers,
george.

 

[e9999]

"Dual batteries. Jump start unit (the modern li-ion type). Petrol generator. Solar panels": boooriiing... This one is way more entertaining!

 

[Hack]