Topic: What is the best way to power a mini-me in the field?

[hammerhorror]

I'm looking for the longest lasting, and lightest battery to power up the Apogee Mini-me in the field.

Can some mini-me users tell me the best power supply to use?

Thanks!

[Chuck]

Walmart 9v Lithium Ion battery.

[setboy]

Walmart 9v Lithium Ion battery.

is walmart the only place to get them?

[Chuck]

That's where I got the one I had, Walmart. They are also on eBay. One brand name is Initial.
I've heard Radio Shack had some too. There are tons of threads here on these rechargable batteries.

[F.O.Bean]

www.batteryspace.com

pick your posion

[chucky]

I use two 3000mah, 7.2 volt, Ni-MH RC batterys.
Runs for approx. 9 hours powering just the Mme.

Takes only 1 hour to charge.
Also, theyre pretty damn light, but Ive never used the Wal Marts,
so I dont know how they compare. Whatever the case Im happy with this setup.

[shaggy]

It is way better than the AD1000 in terms of power consumption.  So you are not wasting energy that would otherewise be needed on a AD1000 to let's say, fry and egg for dinner.

[F.O.Bean]

I use two 3000mah, 7.2 volt, Ni-MH RC batterys.
Runs for approx. 9 hours powering just the Mme.

Takes only 1 hour to charge.
Also, theyre pretty damn light, but Ive never used the Wal Marts,
so I dont know how they compare. Whatever the case Im happy with this setup.

wired in parallel or run seperately

thanks

Bean

p.s.-i have 12 x 3000mah packs and 3 batts are wired in parallel thanks to leegeddy, so i have 3 7.2v NIMH 3000mah packs wired in parallel to juice up my amps, and this way the setup is also hot-swappable

[chucky]

wired in parallel or run seperately

i have 12 x 3000mah packs and 3 batts are wired in parallel thanks to leegeddy, so i have 3 7.2v NIMH 3000mah packs wired in parallel to juice up my amps, and this way the setup is also hot-swappable

Theyre ran in parallel.
I also would imagine that they would be hot swappable, but Ive never
tried cause I only got the 2.

WOW 12 x 3000mah, How long can you run off that fleet?

[F.O.Bean]

wired in parallel or run seperately

i have 12 x 3000mah packs and 3 batts are wired in parallel thanks to leegeddy, so i have 3 7.2v NIMH 3000mah packs wired in parallel to juice up my amps, and this way the setup is also hot-swappable

Theyre ran in parallel.
I also would imagine that they would be hot swappable, but Ive never
tried cause I only got the 2.

WOW 12 x 3000mah, How long can you run off that fleet?

well, really there are only 4 packs, since i taped 3 x 3000mah batts together to make one 'pack' essentially

I can run the v3+jb3 out of the VRBox for about 6 hrs per 'pack', so about 24 hrs, perfect for festies plus the 2 internal jb3 batts and an eco 6v 7.2amp that powers the v3 alone for 10 hrs or so

i havent had many problems w/ power in almost 8 years of taping tho

[todd e]

thanks guy for the help, i hadn't even asked, but i was getting sick of the 12v's.  +T for all.