[Power] Charging XO-1.0 From 12V DC Battery

[Richard A. Smith]

On 12/14/2010 08:35 PM, forster at ozonline.com.au wrote:
>> Very good comment. I will need to make a hard wired "harness" for the
>> charging jacks that cannot be easily removed from the 12V batteries. I
>> will also use good labeling with appropriate cautions.
>
> here's my power lead with diode
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Plugwithdiode.jpg
>
> If OLPC are considering sourcing a supply of leads on plugs, I think
> they should include diodes.

Unnecessary.  The input is already internally protected with a schottky 
diode.

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Richard A. Smith  <richard at laptop.org>
One Laptop per Child