How to install a 12V cigarette lighter style power outlet to a motorcycle or Honda Ruckus scooter, so that a smartphone, blackberry, gps unit, or any other power hungry device can be charged while riding.

I’m going to do more painting when the weather warms up. Otherwise, all I’m waiting on is the engine test stand!

Here’s a battery for your motorcycle that weighs in at under 2 lbs! It’s only 4 x 2.5 x 2 inches in size. It has approximately 200 cold cranking amps and 4.6Ah capacity. This battery successfully cranked my 1200 Sportster 6 times in a row with almost no break or significant charge time (6 cycles of engine start followed by less than 10 seconds of run time, then shut down and repeat). The battery pack showed no sign of slowing down. The down side? It’s a bit expensive (expect to spend $150 – $200). An R/C battery charger is recommended for initial charging. However, it’s supposedly safe to use a 5A car charger with close monitoring (they charge fast – under an hour!). Thereafter, the motorcycle’s charge system should be adequate. Do not use a trickle charger (Battery Tender) with A123 packs. Additionally, these batteries are resistant but not impervious to imbalance. I did not include balance leads on my packs, but they may be worth using in order to perfectly charge the pack from time to time. Here are the parts sources I promised: 26650 A123 cells, 145mm shrink wrap — battlepack.com Dewalt DC9280 or DC9360 battery packs are another source of batteries Forklift connectors (6382PT) — Amazon (or McMaster 7043K91) Hyperion battery bars and balance connectors — aircraft-world.com 6AWG welding cable — www.mcmaster.com 6AWG ring terminals – Home Depot MegaPower 930SR 1S~12S Li-po/A123 Charger + LCB12S — aero-nuts.com

Bought at Costco $169.99 + tax Went with the Cisco Ultra HD Flip 8G with Flip Port video camera after returning the Kodak Playsport. The Playsport battery life is none as well as the internal memory. You need to buy at least a 8G SD card and an extra playsport battery if you want the Kodak Playsport camera system to be decent. Finally the Kodak 5 MP still picture camera takes HORRIBLE pictures, the Ultra HD is better by far for sure. The Ultra HD replaces our Pure Digital Flip Mino 1 Hour we have been using for our videos, the Mino was great but the 720p at 60 frames per second on the Ultra HD is awesome.