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Power Routing

Customers have had mixed experiences with power routing of the MakerFocus LiPo Battery. While some were able to successfully charge their Raspberry Pi projects using solar panels, others encountered issues such as fried boards due to incorrect polarity. The battery has been used for various projects including Meshtastic routers and arduino builds, with varying degrees of success in achieving the advertised capacity. Always check the polarity before use.

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It was a tight fit and required some modifications to the rubber gasket on the keyboard, but after getting it all wired up, it’...  Read More


Great project batterycheck out my build log on thegreatmojaverover to see how i connected it.


Edit: ran the rak wireless node on my desk for over a month off this battery without plugging it in.


My system wakes up from deep sleep every 30 minutes to take data.

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I thought the product came with themakerfocus raspberry pi 4 battery pack ups , but it doesnt .

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  • This product had a total of 89 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 1 2025.

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    Especially if you are plugging into a socket


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Takes a long time to charge but i think the charging circuit on these boards is not very powerful


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Will need to do some run time testing before adding the solar enclosure


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Note the wires need to be pulled out of the connector first and swapped before you plug it into the rak base board


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Edit ran the rak wireless node on my desk for over a month off this battery without plugging it in


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I thought the product came with themakerfocus raspberry pi 4 battery pack ups but it doesnt


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Background for those of you who use meshtastic all of the esp32 based devices consume a constant 100 ma


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    These meshtastic nodes momentarily spike to as much as 300 ma current draw with lora transmit and gps signal acquisition

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