Parking mode battery pack with only about 5-10 min driving daily. What are my options?

[demolition_mango]

I bought an Anker C200 and realized I made a mistake regarding the C300. The timer only starts counting down when there's zero load or a tiny load on the USB ports. So if a dashcam is running off the C200 or C300, it will never turn off.

What starts the countdown on the River? Loss of input power?

What I've discovered with the C200 is while it can charge at 140 watts from USB-C if you have an adapter that puts out that much, it can also combine USB-C and XT-60 inputs. I don't have a USB-C charger that does more than 100W but I was able to use a combination of the two inputs to get 140 watts. So that means a full charge happens in about 2.5 hours.

 

[mikek753dct]

is there any lifepo4 power bank / station that can be fast charged in 30 min at 14.6V, while car engine is running?
That can power later dashcam for a day or two for buffering mode?

 

[mentadent]

This with 200 watt charger (2 x 100) should give you just enough for that in 30 minutes:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/B0CNJVKVKF
A few users are interested in it and ordered one (I've ordered one) but we haven't seen anyone use it yet.

 

[mikek753dct]

This with 200 watt charger (2 x 100) should give you just enough for that in 30 minutes:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/B0CNJVKVKF
A few users are interested in it and ordered one (I've ordered one) but we haven't seen anyone use it yet.

This is interesting.
1. how to fast charge it from car 14V alternator?
2. how to make sure it will not drain car battery? It should stop taking power at below 14V IMHO.
What's whole your setup for this matter?

thanks

 

[EricSan]

What starts the countdown on the River? Loss of input power?

This is my understanding. The River2 that I have starts its power off countdown when 1) there is no input power to charge the unit and 2) there is no power draw from any of the ports. No power draw from any of the ports includes the 12v port being switched off AND the 120v outlets also being switched off, regardless of whether something is actually plugged in or not.

 

[demolition_mango]

is there any lifepo4 power bank / station that can be fast charged in 30 min at 14.6V, while car engine is running?
That can power later dashcam for a day or two for buffering mode?

The spec to look for would be "2C". 1C means that the battery can be fully charged in about 1 hour. 2C means 30 minutes, 3C 20 minutes, etc

 

[Sawyer]

is there any lifepo4 power bank / station that can be fast charged in 30 min at 14.6V, while car engine is running?
That can power later dashcam for a day or two for buffering mode?

alot of powerstations can be fast charged but you will need something like the bluetti charger 1 directly connected to the cars battery. 500W+ charging.

Apart from that.
I now have one of this. USB C to XT60 which eliminates the need for a powerbank with strong output only ports since they are rare.

Other battery I was looking at is the ugreen. Ugreen Lifepo4 but didnt go for it just yet. Maybe later.

They all can power security camers and Dashcams if you need something for a workday or overnight and refill it at home/office later.

But I have no idea how all this will work when the Summer hits. They may even shut down totally.