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Title: Battery Power Question
Post by: stevetothink on September 22, 2008, 02:06:53 PM

OK – Here’s the deal.  I’m brand new to this board but not new to the audio recording field.  I have a studio for recording music.

I want to make my own field recorder with equipment that I already have.  The only thing I really need is some sort of battery supply to run my laptop & mic preamp when a plug is not available.  Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can accomplish this?

Thanks,
Steve

Title: Re: Battery Power Question
Post by: guysonic on September 23, 2008, 07:18:05 AM

The simple, but maybe awkward way to achieve this is to power your gear off a car or portable sealed lead acid 12 volt battery of sufficient size connected to a 'true sine-wave' DC-to-AC 120 volt converter capable of powering all your AC connected gear in the field.

These special purpose True Sine Wave output converters are made by several manufacturers, and some are sold with internal batteries for UPS service for computer/audio sensitive equipment powering.

Title: Re: Battery Power Question
Post by: stevetothink on September 23, 2008, 09:54:25 AM

Ah - now we're on the right track.  Thank you for the response.

This is foreign to me.  Do you happen to know a person or store that can walk me through the best set-up for my application?

Thanks,
Steven