Topic: Long trip/battery question

[charles]

My friend and I are hitting the last half of YMSB winter tour and plan on taping the whole thing. Tofay, while thinking about the trip I realised we might have a problem. We plan on camping or sleeping in the car most nights in order to save money. So, most nights we won't have the ability to recharge batteries. I will be running Nak cm300>ua-5>D7. Any suggestions about the best possible battery solution to this situation. I plan on making the Naks active before the trip.

[JackoRoses]

I would look at getting a inverter and plugging it into your vehicle
to let everything charge up while you are driving.
If the campground has an outlet you don't have a problem.
Good luck

[bhtoque]

Inverter is best bet, but I've seen solar chargers too.

JAson

[JAH]

go for the inverter...cig lighter plugs are usually rated for 3amps (check your fuse box) and if the car is traveling down the road you should have no issues w/ its Batt keeping up.  Some inverters have over voltage/current protectors.
  So what do you both have to charge and how long of a drive between shows?
have fun
jah

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

I'll put another vote for the inverter.  I've done exactly what you're about to do.  I used two SLAs (a 10AH and a 7.2AH).  I charged using the inverter while driving between shows.  Never had an issue.  Second battery was a backup incase I didn't have time to charge between two shows.  On the nights when you get a room, plug in there.  I was also a complete power whore where ever I stopped.  If I needed to complete a charge cycle, I would take the charger and battery inside while I was eating before a show and plug into an outlet near my table.