Charging issues in car CF-19

I have a Panasonic CF-19 and with it fully charged in the office I take it to my truck and plug it in and about 5 min later the battery indacator goes from green to flashing orange. after a while (10 to15 min) the computer will shut down. When I power it back up; which I can't do in the truck, I have to bring it into the office and plug in to power, the battery is compleatly drained. This is my 2nd computer doing the same thing. Any Ideas?

 

Same battery and chargers for both computers?

 

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What is the full model number of your CF-19 ? When you have it in the truck is it docked or do you have it plugged into the AC/DC charging port ? Sounds to me your charger in the truck is not working and your battery is very weak. You should do a battery calibration on it.

 

I think you have a mismatched charger in your truck. If I recall correctly... Flashing orange is an overcharge situation. Toughbooks are robust but can be picky about their charging. Check voltages on both chargers and let us know what they read. Make sure you are using a quality Lind or equivalent car charger that is made for your Toughbook.

Also... Do you have an OEM battery?

 

Truck's engine is on or off? Are you sure there is 12V, not 24V?

It's very strange for a good battery.
I have almost the same problem. Not enough voltage from Varta Start-Stop battery. It's very good for engine starter (even when almost discharged), very good for light and winch, but super power adapter (Lind for CF-19) has problems with charging when engine is off. Every 10-20 seconds my PC switches from AC charging to battery and vice versa. But charging led just goes on and off, not flashing orange. Battery discharges slowly, not in 10-15 minutes. But usually I put my CF-19 into standby mode, and it charges ok.
So try standby mode too, check you have 12V power, check with engine on/off.
And, of course, check your 12V power adapter in another car

Do not buy Lind chargers

 

Yes this is correct

 

I have used Lind chargers for at least 3 years in my truck and no problem at all but mine is direct to the battery

 

Never had an issue with a Lind either.

 

Same experience. Direct to battery too. There were no problems with standard battery, if I remember that correctly. But with my super Varta it's a problem when engine is off.
Lind definitely needs higher voltage to work.
FYI I've tried both - docked PC and direct cable connection
Going to change that Lind to Lenovo adapter