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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Many times I have been caught with a dead cell phone or camera at the times I needed it most.</p><p class="MsoNormal">And the special charger is no where around.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I end up doing an emergency charge as shown here:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://aprs.org/Energy/Energy-images/Cell-battery-charging.jpg">http://aprs.org/Energy/Energy-images/Cell-battery-charging.jpg</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Even a few minutes will give you enough power to make that call or take that photo.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Did it again yesterday when I drove an hour to take a picture of a ham radio something, and the camera battery was dead. Ended up using a lightbulb in the car in series from the car battery for a minute or so to get the energy to make the photo…</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Always have clip leads!</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Caveat: If you don’t understand charging, charge rates, capacity, and electricity and volts, amps and watts, don’t do this. You can blow it up.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Bob, WB4APR</p></div></body></html>