Dual Battery charger for BP511 batteries

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From: "John A. Stovall" <johnastovall@earthlink.net>

| I'm look for a battery charger which can charge two BP511's at time.
| The only one I find is Canon which doesn't have a car power outlet
| adapter and is ridiculously expense.
|
| Anyone know of any alternative?
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Use an Inverter. I use a 375watt TrippLite unit. $41.00 US You can use the inverter for
other AC appliances as well which makes getting an inverter more versatile than just a 12vdc
battery changer for the Canon battery.
http://www.buy.com/retail/product. [...] c=101&sp=1

You can have two Power 2000 single units connected to the above (2 AC sockets) and two
single battery charger units cost less than one dual battery charger unit.

Canon Dual battery charger $110.00
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/co [...] 587&is=REG

Canon Single battery charger $50.00
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/co [...] 232&is=REG

single non-Canon battery charger w/auto adapter $30.00
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/co [...] 707&is=REG

single non-Canon battery charger w/auto adapter $30.00
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/co [...] 449&is=REG


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On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 23:21:35 +0000 (UTC), johnf@panix.com (John
Francis) wrote:

>In article <b3cr41hdj7nmi722rjj34chcfug4655crv@4ax.com>,
>John A. Stovall <johnastovall@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>I'm look for a battery charger which can charge two BP511's at time.
>>The only one I find is Canon which doesn't have a car power outlet
>>adapter and is ridiculously expense.
>>
>>Anyone know of any alternative?
>
>My one (from Canon, and indeed ridiculously expensive) does have a
>car adapter, and can accept two BP511s. It doesn't actually charge
>them both at the same time - it charges them is sequence.
>
>The model number is CG-560

I was looking at the CA-PS400 and they claim it charges two at once .

In another forum it was pointed out two of the cheaper charger and an
inverter (which I have would be cheaper). I may go with that for car
charging.


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In article <CCz3e.2287$44.1314@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
Steven M. Scharf <scharf.steven@linkearth.net> wrote:
>"John A. Stovall" <johnastovall@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>news:qior41p60d9li0la0q6uglj6078b501qdm@4ax.com...
>> I was looking at the CA-PS400 and they claim it charges two at once .
>
>True, and then you need a DC cord, in addition to the $100 charger.

Is $100 supposed to be expensive? The charger I mentioned, which
I purchased when I was taking my PowerShot G1 on a long trip abroad,
ended up costing me $160 - nobody except Canon had them at the time.
Then top that off with another $60 for a second BP-511. (I could have
got that a little cheaper from another source, but not by very much).
Still, at least mine included the car adapter cord at no extra charge.

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"John A. Stovall" <johnastovall@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:s7vv41dgikhfoig21p6h2nm8046pe96u53@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 20:37:21 GMT, John A. Stovall
> <johnastovall@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> My solution: It's not much if any cheaper than the Canon but more
> flexible.
>
> 1 - SPP-04 - Lenmar - Power Port 4 Outlet DC Power Socket
>
> 2 - LENMAR DVC-511 OmniSource® AC/DC Power/Charger System for Canon
> (LENMAR DVC511)

You could build a wiring harness that ran both chargers off of a single 12V
DC plug.

Just buy one of these
http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi- [...] &item=CLP-
Y&type=store and cut off the socket ends, cut the cigarette lighter plugs
off of the cords that come with the DVC-511s and and splice the cords to the
Y. It'll be less bulky. I hate all those big old cigarette lighter
splitters.

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"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:YgU3e.11610$Fh2.9032@trnddc04...

> The Lenmar DVC-511 is $70.00
>
http://lenmar.com/details.asp?mode [...] argers&man
ufacturer=Canon

It is not $70, it is $39. See http://tinylink.com/?PIeMeuHZQZ

The Power 2000 chargers have problems in fully charging batteries, making
the slight extra cost of the Lenmar units well worth it.

For batteries, the best deals are at Sterlingtek.com, see
http://sterlingtek.com/ln03-canon-bp-511-dlc511.html, but the Lenmar DLC-511
is $30, see
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ [...] 53-7912767
with free shipping.

> I looked at Lenmar products and they are way overpriced.

You are comparing the MSRP of the Lenmar products, with the street prices of
the other products. If you compare street prices, then there is little or no
difference. Probably if you compare the MSRPs there would also be little or
no difference.

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From: "Steven M. Scharf" <scharf.steven@linkearth.net>

| "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
| news:YgU3e.11610$Fh2.9032@trnddc04...
|
>> The Lenmar DVC-511 is $70.00
>>
| http://lenmar.com/details.asp?mode [...] argers&man
| ufacturer=Canon
|
| It is not $70, it is $39. See http://tinylink.com/?PIeMeuHZQZ
|
| The Power 2000 chargers have problems in fully charging batteries, making
| the slight extra cost of the Lenmar units well worth it.
|
| For batteries, the best deals are at Sterlingtek.com, see
| http://sterlingtek.com/ln03-canon-bp-511-dlc511.html, but the Lenmar DLC-511
| is $30, see
| http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ [...] 53-7912767
| with free shipping.
|
>> I looked at Lenmar products and they are way overpriced.
|
| You are comparing the MSRP of the Lenmar products, with the street prices of
| the other products. If you compare street prices, then there is little or no
| difference. Probably if you compare the MSRPs there would also be little or
| no difference.
|


You have a good point of MSRP vs retail prices. I went directly to Lenmar's web site based
upon a previous post pointing to the Lenmar site and I must admit I did not search for
retail prices vs the manufacturer prices.

However, a smart shopper would not get from Amazon, they would go to trusted sources. For
example; B&H

I have no experience with SterlingTek. However, the price of their no-name brand battery @
1.8Ahr /*is*/ the best.

I have bookmarked SterlingTek and I will check their references for possible purchases at a
future date. Thanx !

BTW: None of the information I have heard has been negative in anyway on Power2000
products.

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On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 17:12:11 GMT, "David H. Lipman"
<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>From: "Steven M. Scharf" <scharf.steven@linkearth.net>
>
>| "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
>| news:YgU3e.11610$Fh2.9032@trnddc04...
>|
>>> The Lenmar DVC-511 is $70.00
>>>
>| http://lenmar.com/details.asp?mode [...] argers&man
>| ufacturer=Canon
>|
>| It is not $70, it is $39. See http://tinylink.com/?PIeMeuHZQZ
>|
>| The Power 2000 chargers have problems in fully charging batteries, making
>| the slight extra cost of the Lenmar units well worth it.
>|
>| For batteries, the best deals are at Sterlingtek.com, see
>| http://sterlingtek.com/ln03-canon-bp-511-dlc511.html, but the Lenmar DLC-511
>| is $30, see
>| http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ [...] 53-7912767
>| with free shipping.
>|
>>> I looked at Lenmar products and they are way overpriced.
>|
>| You are comparing the MSRP of the Lenmar products, with the street prices of
>| the other products. If you compare street prices, then there is little or no
>| difference. Probably if you compare the MSRPs there would also be little or
>| no difference.
>|
>
>
>You have a good point of MSRP vs retail prices. I went directly to Lenmar's web site based
>upon a previous post pointing to the Lenmar site and I must admit I did not search for
>retail prices vs the manufacturer prices.
>
>However, a smart shopper would not get from Amazon, they would go to trusted sources. For
>example; B&H
>

Why would you not consider Amazon (since it direct not through a
re-seller) a trusted source? I've bought thousands of dollar from
them and never a problem. In fact I got my 20D body from them cheaper
and quicker than from B&H. I do get my lenses from B&H since Amazon
doesn't care the one I want.


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On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 23:31:36 GMT, "David H. Lipman"
<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>From: "John A. Stovall" <johnastovall@earthlink.net>
>
>| Why would you not consider Amazon (since it direct not through a
>| re-seller) a trusted source? I've bought thousands of dollar from
>| them and never a problem. In fact I got my 20D body from them cheaper
>| and quicker than from B&H. I do get my lenses from B&H since Amazon
>| doesn't care the one I want.
>|
>| *****************************************************
>|
>| "Vietnam is what we had instead of happy childhoods."
>|
>| Tim Page in
>| "Dispatches"
>| by Michael Herr
>
>ebay and Amazon just don't fit the requirements, at least for me. There have been cases for
>both where accounts have been provided by bad employees to bad people. eBay is even worse.
>There is much fraud associated with eBay deals. Both buyers and sellers. Amazon started as
>an online book store. Let them stay that way. I'd rather get to know a supplier, check
>their respective BBB records, send them a letter of "right to pricacy", etc. Today you have
>to be careful who you dio business with and Amazon isn't on the chart. When it comes to
>doing business on the Internet, paranoia means "a heightened sense of awareness".

I agree on eBay but you seem to be comparing Amazon to it's affiliates
and resellers then there is world of difference but not if it's direct
from Amazon.


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"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
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> However, a smart shopper would not get from Amazon, they would go to
trusted sources. For
> example; B&H

Huh? Amazon is about as trusted as you can get. Plus they have a much better
return policy than other vendors.

Amazon prices end up being less than the stated price. You can use an Amazon
Visa card to get a 3% rebate (pretty significant on a D-SLR), and if you
have a web site you can become an Amazon Affiliate, getting 5-8% additional
discount in rebates. I became an affiliate due to my digital camera sites,
and have been happy to get a few hundred bucks in referral fees, as well as
saving on the stuff I buy myself.