Battery for Maestro

Lorenzo Mendini

Hi anyone can suggest me some batteries packs suitable to insert in maestro? Many thanks and let e know. bye bye

David Marotti

Lorenzo, I did a lot of research on this and tried a number of batteries.  This was the best in my opinion.  I got two of them for extended operating...  https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B073X3Q5LN/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Neil N4FN

Lorenzo
From the FLEX community there were some batteries suggested: This is one of them and sometimes on Amazon they have special discounts or you can order direct...External Battery Charger 10400mAh by Mogix Accessories with Two Universal USB Output Ports 
I have two of them. 

Lorenzo Mendini

many thanks,, another question, to re-charge this battery pack i must to remouve from maestro or not? if is not how to connect? Many thanks

Jean Drolet

Polanfo M50000

Neil N4FN

Yes you do....just plug the cable that comes with it into a USB port on the PC
Neil    N4FN

Lorenzo Mendini

ok, but i must remouve the pack from maestro, inside ther are only one usb.... please tae me a picture. many thanks

Martin AA6E

Yes, unfortunately you would generally need to remove the battery in order to recharge.  I would use a high-capacity (2 A?) USB charger.  Many computer USB ports do not supply that much current, so a full recharge can take a long time.  If you need continuous operation, consider getting two batteries, as others have suggested.

I would hope that Maestro II (if it ever happens) would have better DC options, such as automatically recharging the Li-ion battery from the 12 V DC supply.

Tim - W4TME

Here you go:
https://helpdesk.flexradio.com/hc/en-us/articles/210311883-Suggested-Battery-Packs-for-Maestro

I use 3 battery packs.  One is always fully charged for swap out so that the Maestro stays on continuously.

The Maestros will probably never have a feature for charging battery packs because there is not a standard where all batteries can be charged while under load.  Charging a battery this way that does not support it may result in overheating and a fire.