Topic: V2 power question?

[RobC]

anyone running a v2 off of a WallMart 9.6 volt battery

right now the v2 is set up to run off of 12v SLA
but it would power up with a 6v SLA i have too

if this is possible and I think it should be,  when you wire it up to the 4 pin XLR would you treat it as 12v or 6v for pin assignments.

My first few outings with the v2 will be festivals so I will be using the SLAs anyway,  but it would be nice to have something smaller
and lighter for single shows

[Kindguy]

anyone running a v2 off of a WallMart 9.6 volt battery

right now the v2 is set up to run off of 12v SLA
but it would power up with a 6v SLA i have too

if this is possible and I think it should be,  when you wire it up to the 4 pin XLR would you treat it as 12v or 6v for pin assignments.

My first few outings with the v2 will be festivals so I will be using the SLAs anyway,  but it would be nice to have something smaller
and lighter for single shows

I run mine off a 9v DVD batt. Works great.

As far as pin assignments, You wouldn't need a 4 pin for the DVD batt.

[RobC]

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I run mine off a 9v DVD batt. Works great.

As far as pin assignments, You wouldn't need a 4 pin for the DVD batt.

you must be thinking v3,  with a v2 you need a 4 pin to hook into the v2 side
I was asking if you would wire that one up with 6v or 12v pin assignments

[terrapinj]

anyone running a v2 off of a WallMart 9.6 volt battery

right now the v2 is set up to run off of 12v SLA
but it would power up with a 6v SLA i have too

if this is possible and I think it should be,  when you wire it up to the 4 pin XLR would you treat it as 12v or 6v for pin assignments.

My first few outings with the v2 will be festivals so I will be using the SLAs anyway,  but it would be nice to have something smaller
and lighter for single shows

I run mine off a 9v DVD batt. Works great.

As far as pin assignments, You wouldn't need a 4 pin for the DVD batt.

i use a DVD battery as well with no problems. if your unit is calabrated to 12v though you will get the low voltage warnings

for the 4-pin I think he is talking about the female end that goes into the unit. i honestly don't know what the pin scheme would be - i had ed @ kind kables make me a beautiful power cable with RAs on both ends - he could probably answer the pin question

[dnsacks]

Personally, I'd wire the battery-side 4 pin using the 12 volt pin-out.  Though it would make no difference for this application, if somebody tried using the battery to power something else, it'd be better (IMO) to feed a device wanting 12v too low a voltage than to feed a device wanting 6 volts too high a voltage.

[RobC]

Personally, I'd wire the battery-side 4 pin using the 12 volt pin-out.  Though it would make no difference for this application, if somebody tried using the battery to power something else, it'd be better (IMO) to feed a device wanting 12v too low a voltage than to feed a device wanting 6 volts too high a voltage.

good thinking
+Ts all around

[deadheaded]

i have talked with grace and the v-2 is wired for both 6 and 12 volts so it can accept both voltages.
i wired terrapinj's as a 6 volt so that the low battery indicator would not come on.
thanks
ed

[Mic D]

What kind of run times are you guys getting off these dvd batteries, and how big are they?

[terrapinj]

What kind of run times are you guys getting off these dvd batteries, and how big are they?

i haven't run one dry yet to test, the other night i had the v2 powered up for about 4-5 hours and the battery only went down one light (out of 3) and it had some previous use on it as well. the battery is about 4" x 6" and maybe 3/4" thick...

here's one on ebay... http://cgi.ebay.com/Universal-Li-ion-Battery-for-Portable-DVD-Player-6hrs_W0QQitemZ9730320507QQcategoryZ15055QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
you can get them cheaper though

[deadheaded]

I get 5.5 hours with the dvd batteries with the v-3.
the v-2 draws 500 milliamps, the dvd batteries are 5.4 amp hours, 10 hours would be a resonable guess.
someone test it out. you can't hurt the battery it will shut off before any damage can happen.
thanks
ed

[terrapinj]

I get 5.5 hours with the dvd batteries with the v-3.
the v-2 draws 500 milliamps, the dvd batteries are 5.4 amp hours, 10 hours would be a resonable guess.
someone test it out. you can't hurt the battery it will shut off before any damage can happen.
thanks
ed

thanks ed - i was curious what the draw was on the V2. i'll try to run some runtime tests this weekend and report back here

[Mic D]

i haven't run one dry yet to test, the other night i had the v2 powered up for about 4-5 hours and the battery only went down one light (out of 3) and it had some previous use on it as well. the battery is about 4" x 6" and maybe 3/4" thick...

here's one on ebay... http://cgi.ebay.com/Universal-Li-ion-Battery-for-Portable-DVD-Player-6hrs_W0QQitemZ9730320507QQcategoryZ15055QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
you can get them cheaper though

Thanks. How much cheaper could they be, and could I get one locally?

[terrapinj]

ratshack carries a variation of the battery but charges like $70 or so. you used to be able to get them for really cheap ~$30 or so at some wallmarts and people have also found them around that price at CompUSA or Staples.

the last one i got was branded energizer, got it New off ebay for like $20 shipped or something like that. although that one is 7.2v, but should still work fine. i have bought three off of ebay now and I don't think i've paid over $30 for one shipped. they are commonly up there as ESA as well.

some search terms to use: esa battery, universal dvd battery, external dvd battery, li-ion dvd battery, etc.

[Mic D]

Thanks again!

[terrapinj]

http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=65159.0

$37 shipped - Brand new ESA batteries