Topic: Nomad 3 battery getting rare

[aberg]

Well, considering those boxes are built with XLR connectors set into them, you pretty much can't get around it. That is what I didn't realize before.

[John Kelly]

Oh, ahaha, I missed that picture when I read through that thread earlier. That thing looks really professional and tidy. I'm achin' to get a quote on that project... I also checked the walmart site and it says they're portable dvd battery is 7.2v but others on the board have been saying it's 9v... what's up with that?

7.2 at Walmart.  The Memorex ones on ebay are usually 9v.

[caymanreview]

7.2 at Walmart.  The Memorex ones on ebay are usually 9v.

my local wal-mart ONLY has 9v models

[John Kelly]

7.2 at Walmart. The Memorex ones on ebay are usually 9v.

my local wal-mart ONLY has 9v models

Weird.  Mine are all 7.2.  Although the last time I checked was around 6 months ago...  I wonder if the 7.2s were just an older version?

[jimmc]

Also, to expand on what was mentioned about the internals being used w/ the Powerplant, I was thinking you could use the internals to startup the JB3, then plug in the Powerplant batt, then remove the internals.  But.... this would only need to be done in a case like someone else had where the JB3 wouldnt start up using the Powerplant batt.  Mine worked just fine to start it up, so I probably wouldnt even use my internal batts anymore.

In all the testing I've done, the JB3 locks up if you change power sources while it is running. You can put in a 2nd internal but you can not switch from internal to external or vice versa mid stream.

IMHO, your best purchase is Creative's car adapter kit. It is way cheaper than their batteries and you can run the jb3 on a 12v sla or 9v nimh. You can always hack a generic adapter, but the creative one has been 100% flawless for me through 2 festival seasons.

JAson

Yep, you are right.  It does lock up when removing the internal batts. I didnt realize that.
+T
Jim

[jimmc]

I'm running a recording test right now w/ the JB3 being powered by the Power Plant external batt. 
I'm running analog-in on the JB3, feeding a show I recorded on my MD recorder a while back. This was done so I could monitor the recording time w/ the time elapsed on the MD to make sure the running clock kept up OK. So, basically I'm going MD (headphone out) > JB3 (analog-in @ .wav 44.1kHz.)
I'm only 10mins into it, but it seems to be just fine so far.
One strange thing is that the icon that appears on the lower left corner of the JB3 screen that displays either the battery meter or the "plug" showing external power, is showing the "plug" for external power, but it blinks on and off every 10 seconds or so. This doesnt seem to have any effect on the recording so far though. Strange......
I'm going to let this run for a full 3hrs (max on the JB3) and see what happens.  If the first 3hrs goes by w/o a problem, I'll try another 3hrs again tomorrow night.
Everyone cross your fingers.
Jim

[jimmc]

Well, the test didnt go well.  The Powerplant batt didnt even make it a whole hour. I just came in to check on it, and it was stuck on the Creative start-up screen. It didnt save anything that was being recorded during the test either. Oh well, looks like I might end up returning the Power Plant batt.
Next try will be the RS adapter mod show in the JB3 external power II thread.
Sorry for the bad news, I thought we were onto something good.
Jim

[F.O.Bean]

+T for your efforts at least bud

wait till the 'bumblee vr regulator' boxes get going, im gonna start testing them immediately

[jimmc]

+T for your efforts at least bud

wait till the 'bumblee vr regulator' boxes get going, im gonna start testing them immediately

+T back at ya.
Thanks Bean, keep us up to date on that.
Jim

[caymanreview]

+T for your efforts at least bud

wait till the 'bumblee vr regulator' boxes get going, im gonna start testing them immediately

same here, im gonna be testing the exact same thing as you bean

[John Kelly]

Well, the test didnt go well.  The Powerplant batt didnt even make it a whole hour. I just came in to check on it, and it was stuck on the Creative start-up screen. It didnt save anything that was being recorded during the test either. Oh well, looks like I might end up returning the Power Plant batt.
Next try will be the RS adapter mod show in the JB3 external power II thread.
Sorry for the bad news, I thought we were onto something good.
Jim

Fuckin a.  Good thing I ordered one today.

[aberg]

Where are you guys getting these boxes to test?

[bagtagsell]

lee is makin them.  look back at the first page there is a diagram.

[thierryhenry]

This sucks, I am sorry to hear this John, thanks for all your help in testing Jimmy. I thought all our problems were solved.

[caymanreview]

Where are you guys getting these boxes to test?

my good buddy, who actually posted a pic of his boxes in this thread. i just happen to be a regular customer of his