Topic: Nomad 3 battery getting rare

[F.O.Bean]

id love to have some info on this thing too

[thierryhenry]

Yeah seriously

[jimmc]

Any other news on the Powerplant External?

We know:

It can be charged through the JB3 (like Bean said), but Tony is testing the maximum time? I am very happy to have it even with running 2 internals, I'd guess 10-15 hours, with this bad boy? I'd like to get it as an x-mas present, anything else you can think of against it? Thanks.

Mine will arrive on XMas Eve.  Probably wont have time to do any testing until after the weekend though.
Hopefully someone else will post some results before I get around to it.
Jim

[thierryhenry]

Thanks.

[John Kelly]

So these powerplant batteries work 100% then, right?  I think I'm going to order at least one, it'd be nice to feel comfortable recording all night without worrying about battery life.

[bluegrass_brad]

I was brain storming ideas about JB3 external power with a friend the other day and he came up with an interesting idea.  He noticed that the internal batteries have four contect points (not just one positive and one negative).  He postulized there may be some circut in the battery that signals the JB3 when the voltage gets too low leading to "graceful shutdown".   What if one gutted an old dead battery found the circut ,connected a female plug to it and the male end to an external battery.  In essence turning an internal battery into a plug-in for an external battery.  Would the JB3 "see" the external as an internal battery?  Is this even worth the time of tearing apart a battery?      

This is exactly how i had an external battery for my Casio DA-7, and How my freind ran his panasonic portable.  Gutted battery, soldered wires to the connections in the battery shell.  Ran those wires out to an external battery pack made up of D and C cells, and away we went. Worked great.  Due to that experiance I also have wondered this about the JB3.  I see no reason why it wouldnt as long as you came up with the correct voltage. That is why we used D and C combinations with the DA-7.  I think Leonard from (I cant think of his company right now, but he made external batt packs and stealth mics for DATs back in the day) made both my pack and my buddies Panasonic pack. My buddies for his panasonic was a standard SLR though. + T to ya

[Tony B]

Well, I dunno, fellas....

Ordered two batteries and a charger, charged the batt up overnight (as per the instructions), and still can't get it to run either of my two JB3's. Both units freeze up at the "EAX" screen and won't do anything after that. I wish I had better news for ya...

Seeing as how both JB3's run fine when I plug them into their "normal" AC power source, I'm at a loss (and about ready to just ship these batteries back).

As it stands, I'm open to suggestions, but at first glance these batts aren't going to work (YMMV, I suppose...we all know that every JB3 has its own quirks, but to have TWO not respond to the battery is a bit disconcerting).

I'm off to do XMAS crap, then gone to Amsterdam for New Year's. Have a great one, all, and good luck! See ya in '05....

TB

[John Kelly]

Well, I dunno, fellas....

Ordered two batteries and a charger, charged the batt up overnight (as per the instructions), and still can't get it to run either of my two JB3's. Both units freeze up at the "EAX" screen and won't do anything after that. I wish I had better news for ya...

Seeing as how both JB3's run fine when I plug them into their "normal" AC power source, I'm at a loss (and about ready to just ship these batteries back).

As it stands, I'm open to suggestions, but at first glance these batts aren't going to work (YMMV, I suppose...we all know that every JB3 has its own quirks, but to have TWO not respond to the battery is a bit disconcerting).

I'm off to do XMAS crap, then gone to Amsterdam for New Year's. Have a great one, all, and good luck! See ya in '05....

TB

Do you have the internals in as well? 

[thierryhenry]

Thanks for the update, we will be eager to hear how these work out.

[bagtagsell]

Do you have the internals in as well?

hmmm from using jb3 battery soultions, that would be the problem I would think.  JB3 just pulls too much power on start up for the batteries to handle it.  However the specs look good to run it just fine, post start up

[F.O.Bean]

wheres the specs?

does it list a current rating for the battery?

the jb3 on startup i believe sucks 1500mah, and lowers signifigantly after startup

[thierryhenry]

wheres the specs?

does it list a current rating for the battery?

the jb3 on startup i believe sucks 1500mah, and lowers signifigantly after startup

Bean did you order some of these badboys yet? Or are you holding off until we get official word on if/how long they work for?

[jimmc]

I charged my Power Plant batt overnight last night. This morning before I left for work, I plugged it into the JB3 to see if it would go past the Creative and/or EAX screens.  It did make it past both and I was able to toggle through the menus.
I was not able to do any testing yet, but hope to soon. 
Anyway, looks like (as far as my instance goes) the Power Plant batt powered up my JB3 with no problem.  I also like that idea that someone had of trying the internals to power up the unit, then switching to the Power Plant batts. That should work if someone is having problems getting past the startup screens.
Jim
Hopefully more info to come......

[thierryhenry]

First of all, did you charge the Powerplant Battery through your Jb3, or did you buy the seperate charger sold on their site to charge it?

Secondly, did you have your internal Jb3 batteries in when you powered up the Jb3 with the powerplant batteries?

This is good news, hopefully more to come. Thanks alot +T.

[John Kelly]

I charged my Power Plant batt overnight last night. This morning before I left for work, I plugged it into the JB3 to see if it would go past the Creative and/or EAX screens.  It did make it past both and I was able to toggle through the menus.
I was not able to do any testing yet, but hope to soon. 
Anyway, looks like (as far as my instance goes) the Power Plant batt powered up my JB3 with no problem.  I also like that idea that someone had of trying the internals to power up the unit, then switching to the Power Plant batts. That should work if someone is having problems getting past the startup screens.
Jim
Hopefully more info to come......

That's all I needed to hear for me to order one.  Thanks and +t.