# GPS Shield charging battery

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/gps-shield-charging-battery/27907>\
**Category:** Hardware\
**Created:** [December 11, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/gps-shield-charging-battery/27907 "2016-12-11T23:55:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![dorongutman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/dorongutman/32/20716_2.png) [@dorongutman](https://community.particle.io/u/dorongutman)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/gps-shield-charging-battery/27907/1 "2016-12-11T23:55:44Z")

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If I connect a rechargable 9v battery to the screw terminal of the asset tracker’s GPS shield - can the shield charge the battery when I connect a USB cable ?

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**Author:** ![harrisonhjones](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/harrisonhjones/32/4132_2.png) [@harrisonhjones](https://community.particle.io/u/harrisonhjones)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/gps-shield-charging-battery/27907/2 "2016-12-12T01:14:12Z")

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No. The asset tracker shield does not have charging functionality; the Electron does. The Electron can only charge a lipo battery connected to it’s battery terminals (not the external power terminal on the asset tracker).

You’d need to find a 9v battery charger and put it in the circuit somewhere (where would depend on the charger probably).