Another Portable Charger Build

It should have it. If it’s the same converter I had been using, it may actually be the pot you cited as the current pot. I can’t quite remember…

Either way, they’re multi-turn pots, and so from fully off, it’ll take some turns to get to the tuning range. For current, I suggest starting from fully off, and then going up. The XR takes I think like 7-9 amps, I can’t exactly remember.

The low voltage cutoff throttles the current back as the voltage hits the cutoff, and continues to drop. The effect on the output is that the voltage drops continuously if load is still applied, until it hits zero or near that.

For the power bank I use, I generally shut it off near 90-95% or so to avoid it having to deal with an entirely full charge on its own.

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Finished. Just set the current. In case anyone wants to make this, the current and output voltage pots are clockwise to increase and counter-clockwise to decrease. I will post the the STL files later in case anyone is interested.




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STL files attached in case anyone is interested.
Portable Charger Box.STL (216.7 KB)
Portable Charger Lid.STL (175.1 KB)

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This is excellent! Thanks for sharing your build.

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Looks fantastic!

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