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 What is the powerbank?, Updated with Xiaomi Powerbank

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puchongite
post Jan 20 2015, 12:56 PM

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QUOTE(alwinnng @ Oct 29 2014, 05:14 AM)
using xiaomi 5200mah

surprisingly can charge my s3 2100mah battery 2 times full..

but then the battery on phone depletes very quickly too compared to using wall socket to charge.. hmm.gif
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Is there a 1A point ? Maybe use lower Amp charge will help retain the charge longer ?
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post Jan 21 2015, 02:05 PM

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QUOTE(am3 @ Jan 21 2015, 01:50 PM)
That's the problem today. Charging with low quality fake powerbank could be dangerous.

Is reputable brand like sanyo, panasonic, philips or samsung powerbank too expesive that people go for this fake powerbank? Those may have low mAh but it may charge the same mAh as bigger (claimed)20000 powerbank.
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That's very true. The fakes have made mAh useless and meaningless.
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post Feb 2 2015, 06:11 PM

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QUOTE(mcchin @ Feb 2 2015, 05:58 PM)
Hi

Good stuff you have here

Just wondering x-treme

i see people quoting the xx time charging the phone
but afaik the internal battery is also Li-type
so it runs on 3.7v instead of 5v

so a xiaomi 10k battery (by your calculations)
7k mAh @ 5V
and a Xiaomi Mi3 phone @ 3K mAh (3.7v)
have ~2.2K @ 5V

so it should be 7/2 = 3 times

but i see people here calculate by taking the powrbank capacity @ 5V and dividing with phone battery capacity @ 3.7v

a bit rclxub.gif here
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Your calculation is correct but you forgot about energy conversion can never be perfect.

A certain % of energy will be lost as heat.

Pineng assume roughly 80% efficiency,

So the formula is just

10k / 3k * 0.8 = 2.6 times

No need to worry about voltages ( because it will cancel out in the formula ).



 

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