Did you know your Mavic charger could do this?

[TheLightSpeed!]

Pretty interesting thing you're 5-1 Chinese Charger can do!

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[sekine12]

Thank you, but the click bait title and 4-1/2 minutes of video for that was a bit much.

 

[Egika]

Now can someone tell what the charger magically can do so I don't need to watch the video?

 

[TheLightSpeed!]

All haters. Unedited obviously. It's a cool way to use your batteries to charge other devices

 

[sekine12]

Now can someone tell what the charger magically can do so I don't need to watch the video?

The popular third party simultaneous charger uses mavic batteries to power its USB ports while it's not connected to mains power.

 

[Egika]

So there's no magic with my stock charger...

 

[vertigo235]

However I did get an adapter with my fly more combo that attaches to my Mavic battery to charge USB items.

 

[TheLightSpeed!]

Right, that's true. Flymore has this too

 

[draxler_17]

I did not watch the video but I can say that I am really impressed on the charger so far.

 

[Egika]

However I did get an adapter with my fly more combo that attaches to my Mavic battery to charge USB items.

True and it is very handy to charge my phone or the RC with half empty batteries.
But that's not a secret since it is sold and documented by DJI.
Anyway. I'm out here.

 

[Ursus Horribilis]

"I bet your DJI Mavic Charger can't do this".

That's because that black block that comes with the Mavic is NOT a charger. It is just a power supply. The charger is in the battery itself. It's the same for the Phantom series as well. It's just a power supply, and NOT a battery charger.

Griz

Pretty interesting thing you're 5-1 Chinese Charger can do!

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[dotben]

While very cool, it would be interesting to learn whether that's an intentional function by the 3rd-party charger manufacturer or whether the circuitry doesn't prevent power flowing the other way by virtue of poor design.

If the latter, then there's a lot of unknowns there around overheating and potentially short circuiting - do be careful!

In the video you also mention that it doesn't have a ground (despite connecting via a 3 pin earthed power supply and creating potentially a high load if 4 mavic batteries and 2 USB powered items are all drawing current), which leaves me a little reluctant to think this is an intentional and properly designed feature on the board.

 

[wayy510]

Just buy the DJI battery adapter for $20.

 

[mark_t]

While very cool, it would be interesting to learn whether that's an intentional function by the 3rd-party charger manufacturer or whether the circuitry doesn't prevent power flowing the other way by virtue of poor design.

The DJI P4 charger and I think the I1 charger both do the same thing which lets you charge the controller if you have a pack attached but no mains supply...

 

[Bertro]

Thanks a lot for so useful video!

 

[Kilrah]

All haters.

Nah. Just a bit annoyed at today's world where people feel they need to clickbait a whopping 6 minute video for something that could be described in one line of text, and lose both their time and more importantly ours in the process just for a bit of Youtube traffic.

 

[Dw911]

Why would anyone purposely use up the limited life cycles of a 100 $ mavic battery, unless it was an emergency and you really needed usb power

 

[afsrj]

Dear,

The original charger when it detects that the Battery is 100% charged, it switches off and does not charge any more.

My charger 5 in 1 keeps charging even when the Green LED on the charger lights up.
After a few minutes the LED3 on the Battery starts blinks twice per second informing "Over charge detected."

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[TheLightSpeed!]

Dear,

The original charger when it detects that the Battery is 100% charged, it switches off and does not charge any more.

My charger 5 in 1 keeps charging even when the Green LED on the charger lights up.
After a few minutes the LED3 on the Battery starts blinks twice per second informing "Over charge detected."

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Yep Scary Chinese tech! Did yours have a sticker over the misspelled "Mavick" on the package?

 

[afsrj]

Yep Scary Chinese tech! Did yours have a sticker over the misspelled "Mavick" on the package?

YES YES YES!!!

LOL.


Is it normal? ("Over charge detected.") ?