On 28/06/2017 02:51, Rick Christian wrote:
[]> That would be great, if you knew who the OEM was and and there was a
source in
> the US... Shipping batteries is costly, and now a days an issue since they
> can't fly mostly.
>
> And that is the key, finding the ones that power and charge... sort of like
> finding those Oriental HDMI splitters that some how forget to eneable the
HDCP
> on the outputs. :)
>
> Even the Adafruit one which would be perfect, has a glitch:
>
> "Also, when you start and stop charging the pack, it will flicker the output,
> this can cause a 'power sensitive' device like the Pi or an iPhone to reset
on
> the power supply"
>
> Its one of the reasons you can salvaget the AC UPS minus the batteroes frm
> Ebay, and the get extorted on getting them locally, on averarge they run
> $35/EACH for 12VDC 8AH commonly used in UPS ...unless of course you can
> purhcase a bunch in bulk. Then sometimes it can work out..
>
>
>
> Rick
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Rick,

This one (or similar) on Amazon US claims to be a UPS, and just needs 6
18650 batteries.


https://www.amazon.com/Feamos-Mobile-Battery-Charger-Universal/dp/B01H52KI70/re
f=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1498721130&sr=8-2&keywords=power+bank+ups#Ask

but also mentions a 1-second gap.  Sigh!

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Cheers,
David
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