hey all, this has sparked some interest for me as well...i'm doing 5 shows on the west coast and i need to be able to charge up in between...in all honesty, the only real problem i can foresee is at the gorge, as i will have time to charge between chula vista > shoreline and hopefully will be able to charge at shoreline before 2nd night....but to be on the safe side (and not have to buy any more batts) i'd like to figure out a way to safely charge my gear without having to worry about running the car.
i already have 4 internal laptop batts, it can handle 2 at a time so hot swapping is easy. 3 of them are extended capacity (which while recording only means about 1 hr of life!) and one normal capacity, which offers less time.
I also picked up a valence n-charge this spring, which will let me go about 3 1/2 hours solid, even with the screen open!
so, to be on the safe side, i'd like to use a power inverter to mimic the ac charge from a normal outlet....can that be run straight off a car/boat battery? and how would i go about building this contraption? any and all ideas are welcome.
anyone else hitting up the west coast (phish)?