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Old 08-07-2011, 03:27 PM
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I was curious if it's possible to be able to charge my cell phone while on my motorcycle. I have a verizon droid and bought a HD Audio Music Tank Pouch that I would like to be able to use with my phone and charge it at the same time. I have a hard enough time keeping my battery charged on the phone, so I'm sure using the phone to play music or use the navigation will really drain the battery quickly.

I have a plug that I use to attach the phone to the aux on the radio.

Any ideas?

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I would assume that you could plug your phone's car charger into your SG's cigarette lighter socket and recharge your phone. Can anyone verify that?
 
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Buy a 12 volt receptacle mount it on your bike and use a car charger to charge your phone.
 
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Originally Posted by Crazy Biker
Buy a 12 volt receptacle mount it on your bike and use a car charger to charge your phone.
That is what I do on my RK..Dont know if you are new to the Droid like I am but the battery will last a lot longer if you turn off all of the Apps you dont need at the time..
 
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I made a 12v Socket that attaches to my Battery Tender Lead . This works great as I was using it for my Gps as well before hardwireing that in.
 
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I plan on mounting a USB charge port to the bike.
 
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I charge my phone from the bike all the time. My battery tender came with a plug that allowed me to wire in a recepticle.
 
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Originally Posted by Plow64
I would assume that you could plug your phone's car charger into your SG's cigarette lighter socket and recharge your phone. Can anyone verify that?
I do that on my FLSTN all the time, works fine, no problems.
 
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I have a pigtail that connects to my battery tender lead as well. it works fine.
 
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Originally Posted by Crazy Biker
Buy a 12 volt receptacle mount it on your bike and use a car charger to charge your phone.
That is what I did, I used a battery tender wire set up for the cig lighter. This way during cold weather I unplug the lighter, plug in the battery tender. Works good.
 


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