Portable phone charger using RC lipos?

[MTBikerTim]

Originally Posted by BrianG

In the past, I had a mains charger that stopped working. So, I cut the wire and re-used the connector end, which has the programming pin set. Then it was just a matter of using any regulated 5v source.

This was kind of the plan. I was going to cut up a cable/charger as i bought a whole bunch of them so I could have chargers everywhere. I bought a few too many so giving one the chop is no worries.

Those prebuilt things are good but ordering stuff is effort and I have to wait for ages being here (Aus) and by the time it turns up I will have lost interest. I do like Rawfuls little setup but there is still no lvc and I cant use the hundreds of batteries I already have.

Last night while I was putting my bike away I saw my bike light batteries. I have a few of these and normally I only use one at a time. The big thing about these is that they have a LVC built in. BOOYAA. Now I can do a MacGyver and combine everyday house hold items to build a bomb, I mean phone charger. Double BooYah. It isn't perfect as I won't be able to use my RC batteries but I have enough batteries for my bike light to keep my phone charged for a few days so I think I'll be OK.