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First draft of external ML battery power -

Started Oct 7, 2019 | Discussions thread
alcelc
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Re: First draft of external ML battery power -

Not have G9.

Just re-confirm on GX85 (1st Panasonic MILC which can take USB power for in-camera battery charging) that a 5V 2.1A output USB power bank can charge battery internally.

I tried with 2 power banks, a 10000 mAh ASUS and a 20000 mAh from MaxPower.

But GX85 uses regular micro USB port.

AFAIK for models supports USB power supply (to charge battery or direct power supply), the camera has voltage converter inside to step up those usual 5V power bank. Similarly a reason to put in a 5V to 8+V voltage converter in case dummy battery be used. In your case I guess might either be a not reliable voltage converter, or a power bank issue.

I think our lovely member Michael Meissner has excellent knowledge on this issue. Might worth to look up his previous threads on this matter.

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Albert

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