Topic: Nomad 3 Battery

[hoobash]

Opps thought it could run off a 6 volt sla. Look like I will need another int battery

[Brian Skalinder]

You've gotta admit though Brian the search is still a piece of shit

Agreed, the standard search function is shit.  But I disagree wholeheartedly on the Advanced Search - it works very well.

Initially I jumped on the search and typed "JB3 Battery length" to try and help him out.

"End of results"  No results.  It's finnicky at best and requires atleast a few search strings to really find what your looking for.

The Advanced Search function isn't finicky at all - it works flawlessly every time.  The issue is that different people use different terminology on occasion.  Better to start broad and then narrow your criteria.  An Advanced Search on the keywords "JB3" and "battery" yeilds all the answers provided in this thread and then some.  Easy peasy.

[Chapper]

I taped for about 2 hours and 15 minutes, then ran it in my car for about 20 minutes before the battery died.  I picked up another internal battery off ebay for $30, haven't taped with both batteries in it yet though.  

[bhtoque]

How long can I record on the stock battery?? Can I use a sla?? I tried searching but it wasnt helpful

I've run my jb3 using the creative car adapter and a 12v 7ah for 18 hours of record time. That's 3 hours of .wav, file saves, deletes, backlight on and headphones at max. repeated 6 times, then froze about 40 min into the next try.

If you don't mind the weight of an sla, skip the 2nd internal. you can get the car adapter cheaper and run with an sla you already have.

JAson