One of the things my DS 708 lacks like the later Maxi Sys (and Snappy's decent graphing capability and troubleshooter like a Solus Ultra ) is not having an internal recharge able battery. Someone on an Autel Forum however took one of these portable 12V lith ion power source piggy backed on the back of his DS 708, and makes it more convenient to use , walk away untethered from a vehicle to decent WI FI to print things wire lessly or show someone waiting the screen to prevent having to print it out for them if you don't have to. I Think I could even do a power jack off of my MT2500 instead of the ridiculous 9V transistor battery.
Auxillary Battery power for less than $30 shipped
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Auxillary Battery power for scanners without battery
Received my 4500mah battery in a couple days off Amazon , so if I now wish to before powering off scanner and unplugging the scanner cable from a vehicle's DLC I can flip the battery power switch on , unplug scanner and walk over and show the customer the screen or walk to a better location to have good WIFI to print what I want without saving the vehicle, shutting off scanner and plugging in the auxillary power adapter, then restarting scanner in order to access the saved info again to print things out. Hoping to save time and saved vehicle scanner clutter
I'm going to see if I can wire up something to use one of these batteries on my MT2500 too. I think I might have to pin out the data cable and splice the battery connector wires externally to the DLC cable versus the more easily accessible 9v battery wires, because I don't wish to hold the button in like you have to accessing menu by the 9v battery power. LOL -
Auxillary Battery power
Great like that I was thinking the same for my old modisComment
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Big is not always better
Hello every one
Yes your right it will make the scan tool big
But on the plus side , you can power the vehicle from a scan tool
Or if your lucky start it ,needs looking into
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Higher mah external battery and prettier too
If replacement internal battery of a scanner is too much of a burn on the wallet , I now see more powerful external options, some with a thinner more attractive external battery worthy of piggybacking on to the back of a Verus or Verdict
I still like the price point of the ones that look like a block of Chinese C-4 and the One with the jumper cables , Scott mechanic posted link to looks awesomeComment
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