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Title: Sony D3 DAT off a Wal-Mart 9V?
Post by: Roving Sign on April 13, 2007, 04:41:27 PM

Any reason this wont work...?

The stock D3 power supply was 9V @ 700 mA

-thanks!

Title: Re: Sony D3 DAT off a Wal-Mart 9V?
Post by: guysonic on April 14, 2007, 03:39:05 AM

Quote from: Roving Sign on April 13, 2007, 04:41:27 PM

Any reason this wont work...?

The stock D3 power supply was 9V @ 700 mA

-thanks!

Should work fine for a time depending on battery capacity, but no way to tell if taking the battery down too far by deck's battery gage when using this type of battery. 

D3 DAT deck draws just a bit over half ampere when recording, so if external battery does not have its own gage, make note of its capacity so as not to use it for too long where battery gets over exhausted to not be reliable anymore.

Title: Re: Sony D3 DAT off a Wal-Mart 9V?
Post by: Roving Sign on April 14, 2007, 05:44:25 PM

Thanks Guy!

It worked!!!

I took a chance on $25 D3 -  "Buy It Now" on ebay...

Playing an old DAT now - so far, so good.

The Wal Mart Battery has a guage - I'll keep an eye on it..

Title: Re: Sony D3 DAT off a Wal-Mart 9V?
Post by: Roving Sign on April 18, 2007, 08:07:13 AM

Worked great last night...

Show was only an hour and half...started on three green...after rewinding and playing back a little, I'm down to one green...

- but - this battery wasnt fully charged - and the charge it had was at least 6 months old...