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Charging while riding from generator

Could an Edge 820 owner tell me if it can be made to ignore unplugging the power cable?
ie: NOT put up a warning message, or set about turning itself off.

Full story: For endurance riding the internal battery has to be supplemented with on bike charging.
A good solution is a 5 volt adaptor running off a generator,
but slowing below 14 Km/Hr cuts the power.
The old Edge 800 reacted by locking the screen with a message "Power Lost".
Not handy when the rider slowed because they'd entered a town and wanted navigation.
The Edge 810 was much worse. It gives you 30 seconds to notice its distress or shuts down.

How does the 820 react?
Thanks,
Michael

0 vonmoock over 7 years ago

Battery Pack

I use the 820 with an external battery-pack. When i pull out the plug or the battery empties i get i beep and a notification in the "menu-bar" on top. It doesnt cover anythong nor does it close dowen the unit.
Derk

0 fernadosilva over 7 years ago

Could an Edge 820 owner tell me if it can be made to ignore unplugging the power cable?
ie: NOT put up a warning message, or set about turning itself off.

Full story: For endurance riding the internal battery has to be supplemented with on bike charging.
A good solution is a 5 volt adaptor running off a generator,
but slowing below 14 Km/Hr cuts the power.
The old Edge 800 reacted by locking the screen with a message "Power Lost".
Not handy when the rider slowed because they'd entered a town and wanted navigation.
The Edge 810 was much worse. It gives you 30 seconds to notice its distress or shuts down.

How does the 820 react?

Hello,

It works fine. I plug and unplug my external power bank during longer rides and that was never an issue. A small msg displays briefly on the top of the screen stating "External power on" or "External power lost" (or similar), but the ride goes on, the screen is not locked, the unit stays turned on, all data is recorded OK, no interruption occurs. I had a bunch of problems with the 820, but no problems whatsoever with external power battery.

Rgds,

-- Fernando

0 mademetz75 over 7 years ago

Edge 820 .. works with power bank?

So it is possible to run the Edge 820 while riding with an external power bank? Do you think that this type of power bank would work (powermonkey) (https://www.powertraveller.com/en/shop/portable-chargers/outdoor-adventure/powermonkey-explorer-2/) or do I need a special cable (since when connected to the PC the Edge 820 goes in charging modus and is not active)..

0 aweatherall over 7 years ago

No special cable needed when used with most external power sources. I've used this without any issues

https://www.amazon.com/Lifecharge-Portable-External-Smartpohnes-Usb-charged/dp/B00KMD91LO/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1490106561&sr=8-13&keywords=lifecharge

0 dpawlyk over 7 years ago

No special cable needed when used with most external power sources. I've used this without any issues

https://www.amazon.com/Lifecharge-Portable-External-Smartpohnes-Usb-charged/dp/B00KMD91LO/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1490106561&sr=8-13&keywords=lifecharge

That's expensive for 2600mAh.

This is 3350mAh.

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-PowerCore-Lipstick-Sized-Generation-Batteries/dp/B005X1Y7I2/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1490113655&sr=8-14&keywords=anker

Most battery chargers should work.