Will this Wall Charger work for my Xmag Battery?

[LaW]

Originally posted by paintpiggie
what the hell,
i thought any 12V adapter works.
whats up with the amps and the wattage and the regulation
and anything and ...whaaaaa

i just got one of those universal thingamagig
from circuit city.. maybe that's why im not gettin
enough pull from the solenoid.... could that be
a reason why?

this sucks.

You need a 12v adapter thats pretty strong to charge the battery sufficiently, i would be thats why yours is sucking :)

[punkcmonkiez]

Big LOTS

Got my adapter at big lots for $5
Any adapter that is 12 volts DC and about 800mA or greater will work, just make sure that the polarity is correct. I have used all of the supplies pictured below to charge my battery with no problem. The first and last ones you don't even need to use that 12volt cigarette plug thingy, just plug it directly into the charger. The charger in the middle is the one I found at BIG LOTS for $5. I saw the exact one at WALMART for $10 in the automotive section. I have an even a smaller one for a cell Phone to plug into like a cigarette lighter for $1.88 at MARK'S but I i do not know the Milliamp output on that one, it would probably take days to charge from it.

[Adrenaline0520]

What do you mean that it's not regulated(22-505)!!?? http://www.radioshack.com/category.a...5%5F000&Page=1 it says it regulates up to 1 amp! So why is it not good enough?

[hostage]

I use the smaller of the converters for my e-mag and it charged it, supriseingly in minutes.
-Doron

[MarkM]

Originally posted by Adrenaline0520
What do you mean that it's not regulated(22-505)!!?? http://www.radioshack.com/category.a...5%5F000&Page=1 it says it regulates up to 1 amp! So why is it not good enough?

I see what you are saying...it does indeed say "regulates up to 1000ma" but "regulates up to" is not the same meaning as "regulated" least not in electronics....it has a "smoothing" capacitor inside that will allow a regulation of the power transferance but not to stop power fluctuations...that is what a "regulated" power supply does and has a greater constant power output and why it is different in description. US power is lower than anywhere else in the world except Japan, I could explain why if you want but then you should know your own history.
Remember I said in the beginning that my knowledge of the use of the particular charger asked about in the first post is related to Angels.....Cobra sold the rebadged 22-505 as an "WDP approved" unit...they don't sell it now as they are selling the bigger proper regulated version. Conversations with Fraser (top WDP tech, not just certificated but actually works for WDP in case you don't know the name) revealed that the majority of battery/board problems thjat happen in the US are due to people using too small unregulated power adapters without the "balls" to charge the battery...the Angel NEEDS 1amp(1000ma) constant, not up to, not nearly, but constant.
This may be a little different with an E-mag of whatever flavour but to save a few $'s when the bigger better constructed unit will do the job in its sleep makes it a null arguement.
Much the same as you can buy a battery charger from Walmart and then go to Home depot and buy a stronger fast charger (talking about regular batterys now) both do the job but one does it with ease whilst the other struggles...also with the Angel there is a timer control built into the grip (half the charging circuit) that displays a fault if the Angel hasn't recieved the correct amount of power over a given time...so the stronger charger is needed. It might well be overkill for an E-mag battery but I'm sorry I am one of these people who will buy something that does the job easily not just about.