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anthonytori
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I'm taking a road trip through Iceland at the end of May and will be droning as much as I can. Since it's a road trip I'm looking for the best way to charge the batteries while driving. Does anyone have advice for this? I'm looking at renting a 4x4 that has 120V outlet in it like my Jeep, but if I can't find one has anyone used an adapter?
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glewis45
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DJI now offers a car charger for the Phantom 4 batteries if you can't find a vehicle with a 120v outlet and don't want to buy a converter.

http://store.dji.com/product/phantom-4-car-charger-kit
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cctigerfan
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TK-421 Posted at 2016-4-19 07:38
An adapter like this should do what you need: http://amzn.com/B0191E8XWC

I doubt that adapter will work, I have this 300W Bestek, BESTEK 300W, and it will not power the P4 charger with a battery connected and charging.
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wellsi
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The $20 / £15 12v car chargers off eBay work perfectly on the phantom batteries. All the charging circuitry is in the battery.

Many people on here use them, including me...
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glewis45 Posted at 2016-4-19 09:11
DJI now offers a car charger for the Phantom 4 batteries if you can't find a vehicle with a 120v out ...

Awesome thanks!
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leorvasquez
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And besides, $25.99 sounds alot better than $62.00 :-)
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anthonytori
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Thanks for all the tips guys!
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Geebax
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Inverters that are not pure sine-wave inverters will probably not work, the DJI charger hates them.
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cctigerfan Posted at 2016-4-19 09:40
I doubt that adapter will work, I have this 300W Bestek, BESTEK 300W, and it will not power the P4 ...

Correction, as Morph1 pointed out, the BESTEC 300W inverter will work for the P4 charger, as long as your car battery is in good condition, or your vehicle is running.  I retested in another vehicle, and it worked great, without the engine running.
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spitando
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Hi guys,

I need to but one of this invertor to charge my batterys in road. Do you guys know if this will work:
http://www.servelec.pt/loja-onli ... cada-prok-pki400-12

Someone already tested with not pure wave invertor?
Thanks
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Mary Ann
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I know there's 2 kinds of inverters that I have. Only the more powerful of the two works. The smaller inverter charges things like iPhones whereas the big for your information e is made for charging laptops etc. If you get an inverted, make sure it's big enough.
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Mary Ann
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Sorry. Siri added "for your information ". My apologies!
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spitando
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Hi mary Ann, thanks for your feedback.
This inverter is 400W
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PopArt
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Hi there! Nice to hear that I am not the only one who will be also flying on Iceland between 18-26 May :-) About the charging in the car I also bought myself that kind of thing:


I hope 4 batteries will be enough + charingin during ride. Other hand there are so much things and stunning landscapes to film :-)

Enjoy Your flights. Maybe We could exchange our footages so both mine and yours montages and films will be even better? :-)
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anthonytori
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PopArt Posted at 2016-4-21 12:04
Hi there! Nice to hear that I am not the only one who will be also flying on Iceland between 18-26 M ...

Find me on Instagram @anthonytori and we can talk there. I also have 4 batteries and hoping that will be good enough considering charging one at a time takes forever!
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PopArt Posted at 2016-4-22 01:04
Hi there! Nice to hear that I am not the only one who will be also flying on Iceland between 18-26 M ...

I got four of these and so far they work great
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jakob.mar1988
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Yeah just get it from DJI or amazon btw live in iceland you are going 2 enjoy it
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djiuser_xI4OQuJ
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A 300W or 500W inverter can be the best solution for charging most USB powered devices. Of course, Bestek is the best brand for many high grade inverters. Just search on Amazon, you would find many.
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djiuser_xI4OQuJ
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A 500W inverter may have the lowest price of approx $40, if you buy from the Potek brand. For more information, you can search on Amazon or http://inverterreview.com/ as well.
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