March 31, 2006 10:22
Quote: I've used an iGo Juice for several year's with success. It's stated input voltage is 11.75-16 VDC, which will handle most stuations with a house bank unless it get's drawn way down. The Juice keeps my iBook, Palm, iPod, and cell phone charged (with the right adapter for each). I orginally bought the Juice because I used to travel a lot and got tired of hauling all the different power adapters along.
OK, I seem to be failing an IQ test here..... Where did you find that stated input voltage informatin?....(sigh)...
The iGo product pages refer to automobile and aircraft use. This seems to imply that an engine with a battery charging alternator will be providing battery charging level of votage.
Will the iGo Juice 70 provide a proper level of DC voltage output as the battery voltage level in a boat, with no attached charging alternator, fall from the fully charged voltage to some lesser voltage.
Quote: from the Exide page
http://www.exideworld.com/faq/faq_marine.html
NOTE:
Standard "flooded" lead acid batteries state of charge (SOC) is as follows:
12.6=100%, 12.4=75%, 12.2=50%, 12.0=25%, 11.7=0%.
Sealed AGM or Gel VRLA batteries have a state of charge (SOC) as follows:
12.8=100%, 12.6=75%, 12.4=50%, 12.0=25%, 11.8=0%
I guess my concern is whether the iJuice 70 will deliver adequate voltage to ithe iBook G4 when the battery voltage has fallen to 12.0 volts, the 25% charge level of typical marine use flooded or gel batteries.
The iGo data sheets I found on line at <http://www.igo.> seem to ignore providing output DC voltage information.
What are your thoughts on this?
John