External Battery Pack for Go 500

[young-goat]

Does anyone know if such a thing exists, as occasionally I have to drive a vehicle that does not have a working cigarette lighter.

[Andy_P]

There are quite a lot of external battery packs, but some of them only come with a USB connector, meaning they are good for later models of TomTom, but not for the 500 unless you replace the plug yourself.

However, I think you might be interested in the review of the "PowerMonkey" system, which was reviewed on this very site HERE and has a selection of "tips" to suit many different charging connections.




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But as an alternative for those times when you find you've got a duff cigarette lighter in the vehicle, how about a simple cable with two car battery crocodile clips to a cigarette lighter socket? Then you can use the normal TomTom charger as usual.

I used to have one for camping (charging phones, LED lanterns etc.) before I had a car with a tow-bar socket with a constantly live battery feed.

I either used it with the cable running straight from the battery posts under the bonnet out into the tent, or if we wanted to charge something while out walking, I just ran it neatly back into the car through the door rubber by the windscreen pillar and locked the doors on it.

I haven't got a picture of it, but it only cost a couple of quid and it's basically a pair of these:

Maplins part number FS86T (red) and FS87U (black)

.....and a length of two core cable, plus one of these:


Maplins part number FE42V.

or you can use a ready-made extension lead and replace the plug with the croc clips:

for example this one (part number BV47B):


or this one (part number A51HA):


Be aware that although the TomTom charger has it's own safety fuse, if you use the cable for anything else, it should have a fuse fitted in-line, or be wired via a fused circuit in the car.

[young-goat]

At £65.00 inc VAT, the Powertraveller costs more than I want to pay for something I'll only use occasionally and I don't want a long lead trailing from the battery.

What do you think of this ?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TomTom-Garmin-SatNav-GPS-External-Battery-Extender-Pack_W0QQitemZ320449599826QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=&rvr_id=&cguid=8b2c1fe11250a0aad2644f44ffc8cb8c

[psyskiesman]

I have one of these external packs for my TomTom, and it does exactly as it says on the tin/box. It also comes with separate adaptors to suit my phone and MP3 player. Excellent value for money and portablepowersupplies are good people to deal with.

[Andy_P]

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