Electronic equipment likes a very smooth power supply. Computers last longer when they are behind a UPS.
Fifty years ago we used an electric motor / generator set that smoothed out the variations in mains power supplies. A mil spec phone might be able to withstand charging from a bicycle dynamo a conventional phone will not. One surge and its dead, I think you're shortening its life by a factor of 80%. Certain parts of the phone will be more susceptible than others and it depends which circuits the different software uses and the drain they put on the phone. The advice would be don't do this. Cheerio John On 13 August 2017 at 11:04, Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > I charge my phone from my bicycle dynamo. I use a regulator which supplies > the correct power output at DC to the phone. > > When I don't ride at enough speed to generate power to the phone the power > disconnects and Osmand crashes. This will also happen when the power then > reconnects too. I have Strava running in the background which is unaffected > by the power disconnects / re-connects. I tried replicating this problem, > disconnecting the power supply the reconnecting, with a normal power supply > and Osmand seems fine. I would normally assume that it is a hardware issue. > The thing is why is it only Osmand that seems to be affected by this > problem? The recorded tracks from Strava show no problem at all whereas > Osmand will generate separate recorded tracks for the same ride from when > it crashes and then I have to start it up again. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Osmand" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Osmand" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
