Idea's for a large battery case suitable for public places?

[silviasol]

I have a plan to make a seat on my scooter with a large spare battery pack inside. Was thinking some kind of briefcase look so I can bring it in to public places to charge. Any idea's for what to make it with?

 

[GoreD]

Pelican makes some great cases and they are not as expensive as they used to be

 

[Hillhater]

I have a plan to make a seat on my scooter with a large spare battery pack inside. Was thinking some kind of briefcase look so I can bring it in to public places to charge. Any idea's for what to make it with?

If it were me, i would think very carefully before doing this.
I dont know where you live ( no location in your profile !) but many citys have trained their police and public area security staff to look for "suspicious" packages or behavior. Carrying around a case full of cells ,wiring, charge leads etc etc, and furtively attempting to connect them to a power point in a public area ( cafe, library, station etc) may just attract the attention of a nervous official, or at worst an anti terrorist unit.. ( As someone who was in Boston last April, i can tell you those armed response guys get places very quickly when alerted !)
Its only a long shot that it might happen, ( possibly getting more likely ?), but if it happened it may not be a pleasant experience !
It may actually be better to make it obviously a battery pack, and be sure to ask permission before plugin it in a public area

 

[nechaus]

yeah but id be only really worried if you had a illegal bicycle,

If you did attract that attention, They find no bomb or anything bad, Be expected to be strip searched and if you have anything that is illegal like a ebike that's putting out more watts than the legal limit, they will try bust you for that, But I guess if you are just charging and not riding, they cant even bust you.

I think if you don't look like some kind of common terrorist, you should be okay in public places...
I remember the days when I had 6 gauge power leads running off my backpack to my controller, It looked suss, But people these days are more accepting and they know its probably a ebike setup

You might get some older folk worried.. not sure..
Just make it as stealth as possible so people don't look at you and make you feel uncomfortable

 

[friendly1uk]

Something that looks like a briefcase..... hmm


A briefcase?

 

[silviasol]

I can see people being suspicious. I was thinking just a backpack that I can just set next to a plug and discretely plug it in but my plan is to use it as a seat also.

 

[Chalo]

Seems like the least suspicious-looking bag to charge in a public place would be a laptop bag. But a hard shell briefcase with a computer cord port installed in the outside surface would seem pretty benign too. As would a small ice chest.

In my opinion, Pelican and Halliburton cases seem sort of inherently suspicious, even more so than a backpack or a paper bag. They are both associated with weapons and custom gadgets.

 

[The fingers]

Don't use a pressure cooker.

 

[Willow]

...some shameless self promotion....

...Make it look like an e-bike accessory.