Building a portable power station for field charging

This instructable is a field charger/ power supply to run low draw electronic devices such as phones radios and cameras in the field without having to go find an outlet or 12v receptacle. this instructable is intended for someone with a reasonable working knowledge of electricity. if you are not confident in your wiring ability do not attempt this instructable as you could cause serious damage to your equipment

Step 1:

Some example devices that can be charged are from left to right.
~ Inverter
~ Radios
~ iPods
~ Phones
~ Digital cameras
~ Rechargeable packs

Comments

[retrotronic]

Great ! Be careful with playing with Lipo batteries as a Lipo fire is dangerous and Lipo batteries can explode if over charged. charge them in a Lipo safe bag, and fire proof box recommend :)

[lofty]

Nice idea, lots of energy.
But instead of using an inverter to go from 12v to 120v AC and thenusing a transformer to go back to 5v DC, why not get a 5V regulator,whack a heatsink on it and then wire the output to a couple of USB portsthen you can plug your iPod and phone into the USB port. Would be alotmore efficient and a voltage regulator is cheaper than an inverter.

[kpwusa]

yes and i explained that in the instructable, while that would be moreefficient to not step it up to step it back down, it is just an exampleof how it can be used

[Pyrotechnic-Robot]

This is a very nice Instructable and very useful. 
I have that same battery and that same charger and this is exzactly what I do for charging my airplane battery!