Golf Cart cellphone/GPS chager project

ladahl · June 23, 2011

Day #1 - help me with ideas for "housing"

Hey guys,

I was just thinking how my golf GPS "apps" suck the juice out of your battery... So today I decided to build a charger that I can "clip" to the battery of gas golf carts (lift up the seat). Any inexpensive ideas of how to "house" the main (fragile) components would help me out.

Total cost so far: $12 at an auto-parts store. I also added a 7.5 AMP to keep it from running too hot or from sucking excess battery life from my droid.

Fun little project and will use it daily.... Keep the ideas coming!

mttrout · June 23, 2011

That's pretty cool! Can you do a little writeup on what you used? Great idea.

ladahl · June 23, 2011

Not sure of all the "parts" as I unwrapped everything right in the store (made sure it fit together) and paid for it.. They threw out all the packaging for me..

Ahhhhh.. Duct tape....(foam underneath to protect)

hos · June 23, 2011

Actually you can buy them for 5 to 15 bucks from Amazon or Auto store. [url="http://www.amazon.com/Roadpro-Battery-Cigarette-Lighter-Adapter/dp/B00065L2D8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1308866028&sr=8-1"]socket[/url]

They are real handy to have. I usually watch where and when I plug it in (not in front of the clubhouse!)

ladahl · June 23, 2011

Always a Packer fan to burst my bubble.

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Actually you can buy them for 5 to 15 bucks from Amazon or Auto store. [url="http://www.amazon.com/Roadpro-Battery-Cigarette-Lighter-Adapter/dp/B00065L2D8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1308866028&sr=8-1"]socket[/url]

They are real handy to have. I usually watch where and when I plug it in (not in front of the clubhouse!)
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hos · June 26, 2011

Sadly we weren't' real good at that till last year! Anyway, those are real handy. I was going to try and rig up my own till I found them online. The one's you buy don't have a fuse and I can feel the phone getting pretty hot so def. a good addition. Obviously don't try and hook up to an electric cart (for those of you who aren't real familiar with batteries!)