Ego AC charger?

[Upinthehills]

I'm going out of town in a couple of weeks and won't always have a computer available for charging Ego batteries. My dad (74 yo, you're never too old to try something new!) will be with me and he has an Ego, too. So, I'm looking for something that will charge Egos pretty quickly and doesn't require a USB port. I tried using my USB cable with an adaptor, but it took forever. Maybe I had the wrong kind of adaptor? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Dmass]

I have both a USB and an AC eGo battery charger. The AC charger takes around 4 hours to charge. I bought an extra battery so I have 3 total. That way I always have two charged up while the other one charges.

 

[SirVette]

The eGo fast charger AC takes about 2 hrs.

You may be able to use it w/ a car to USB adapter.

 

[Mr. Mom]

The ac adapter will have to be capable of 5 volts with a output of at least 500mah to charge quickly. The ego battery is 650mah so dont exceed that number for ac charging.

For example, a wall adapter with an output of 5 volts at 650mah would charge the eGo battery in an hour. Simply put, with lithium batteies, don't exceed the mah rating of the battery with the charger. That is why you shouldn't charge regular 510 batteries on an eGo charger because the standard 510's are only rated at 150mah.

Make sense?

 

[KeepNitReel]

The eGo fast charger AC takes about 2 hrs.

You may be able to use it w/ a car to USB adapter.

I have done this on several occasions and I also use the AC adapter from my Motorola Droid with the eGo fast charger, 1 hour 30 minutes from dead to fully charged.

 

[Upinthehills]

Ok, thanks everyone. I'll try to find the right kind of adapter.