By hydroslanger
Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:06 pm
By Upright
Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:27 pm
lol those are cool ........the only thing is that you would need a pc with 6 usb slots just to charge up your 500.
By alpha80
Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:53 am
^Nah, charging each battery only takes a few minutes, so let's say six batteries(one @ a time) takes 15-20 minutes MAX
6 usb slots = 6 hours of wireless MPC500, in 2-3 minutes...
All you office workers can charge up during your final minutes @ work...
...For free
6 usb slots = 6 hours of wireless MPC500, in 2-3 minutes...
All you office workers can charge up during your final minutes @ work...
...For free
By Upright
Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:32 am
alpha80 wrote:^Nah, charging each battery only takes a few minutes, so let's say six batteries(one @ a time) takes 15-20 minutes MAX
6 usb slots = 6 hours of wireless MPC500, in 2-3 minutes...
All you office workers can charge up during your final minutes @ work...
...For free
2 to 3 minutes per battery........that is insanely fast!!1 wow I gotta look into these!!1
By jahrome
Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:59 am
Tool Box: Nuendo 4/MPC 2500/Reason 4/Emulator X2/Battery 3/Wave Lab 6
By Upright
Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:32 am
jahrome wrote:Your a day late and a dollar short:
http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=58609
Looks like they are only available in the UK right now.
By episode
Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:33 am
hydroslanger wrote:http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=3478It's a good concept, but those things look cheap as hell.
By deranger
Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:37 pm
alpha80 wrote:^Nah, charging each battery only takes a few minutes, so let's say six batteries(one @ a time) takes 15-20 minutes MAX
6 usb slots = 6 hours of wireless MPC500, in 2-3 minutes...
All you office workers can charge up during your final minutes @ work...
...For free
Read again carefully:
"Top-Up
Charging for just a few minutes provides extra hours of instant use for most input devices such as wireless mice and keyboards."
Top up =/= full charge
They don't charge in a few minutes, you can just "top them up" - wireless mice&kbs last for weeks, and getting extra hours on that is like, not much.
A USB port on a PC (not laptop!) can provide up to 500mA. These bats are 1300mAh from what I can see. So let's see, to fully charge the battery with 500 mA would take:
1300 mAh / 500 mA = 2.6 hours and that's at 100% efficency!
If you wanted to cram 1300 mAh of energy inside in just 3 minutes, you'd need 26 A (26 amperes) of current. That kind of current would cause a major fire and an explosion of the battery
Most household appliances don't take more than about 5 Amperes of current
You're talking finger thick cable here!
By Upright
Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:21 pm
deranger wrote:
If you wanted to cram 1300 mAh of energy inside in just 3 minutes, you'd need 26 A (26 amperes) of current. That kind of current would cause a major fire and an explosion of the battery
Now that makes sense, I knew something didn't sound right about these batteries.