Heat gear battery idea!!

chorizo · 10-12-2012, 10:04 AM

I have all these 12v Bosch tools and wondering if someone has come up a way to use the batteries for heat gear.
I know you can by them specifically to plug into your jacket but they cost too much. Besides, that would be too easy. I could charge up a handful of 12v Bosch batteries and be set for a weekend of chilly outdoor activities. Just need a way to connect battery to jacket. Im tempted to sacrifice on of the tools if needed maybe a flashlight. Then its just a matter of the cable to jacket.

What do you all think?

ttpete · 10-12-2012, 03:22 PM

You could do that. What you'd have to figure out would be how long one would last. If you know the battery rating in amp-hours and the current draw of the vest, you could calculate the endurance. The newer lithium iron batteries would be the ones to use because they are more efficient.

spafxer · 10-12-2012, 07:53 PM

I'm using Lithium Polymer batteries from my RC planes... Warm and toasty in camp..

Lots of energy in these though, so use caution.

indr · 10-12-2012, 08:44 PM

10-12-2012, 10:04 AM	#1
chorizo ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2009 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Oddometer: 134	Heat gear battery idea!! I have all these 12v Bosch tools and wondering if someone has come up a way to use the batteries for heat gear. I know you can by them specifically to plug into your jacket but they cost too much. Besides, that would be too easy. I could charge up a handful of 12v Bosch batteries and be set for a weekend of chilly outdoor activities. Just need a way to connect battery to jacket. Im tempted to sacrifice on of the tools if needed maybe a flashlight. Then its just a matter of the cable to jacket. What do you all think?

10-12-2012, 03:22 PM	#2
ttpete Rectum Non Bustibus Joined: May 2009 Location: Dearborn, MI Oddometer: 3,509	You could do that. What you'd have to figure out would be how long one would last. If you know the battery rating in amp-hours and the current draw of the vest, you could calculate the endurance. The newer lithium iron batteries would be the ones to use because they are more efficient. __________________ 10 Ducati 1098 Streetfighter S - "Sleipnir" 09 Kaw Versys "The problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money" _____ Margaret Thatcher

10-12-2012, 07:53 PM	#3
spafxer Beastly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2007 Oddometer: 2,317	I'm using Lithium Polymer batteries from my RC planes... Warm and toasty in camp.. Lots of energy in these though, so use caution. __________________ People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent. -- Bob Dylan

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10-12-2012, 08:44 PM	#4
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