Originally Posted by
znomit
For charging stuff the best thing to do is use a cache battery with pass through charging (so you can charge the battery while the battery is charging your device). That smoothes out the power peaks and troughs. You want a dynamo that will supply the most power over the day.
Indeed - this is the best thing to do with a dynohub. I'm just wondering about what would be best for battery / device charging, given a blank slate.
Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
What are you charging that requires a full 5 watts continuously?
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5W is the USB charging standard, so most phones (although I'm already behind here, as a lot of phones are moving to USB-C). It's not something I'm doing at the moment, I'm just wondering about this from a design perspective.