Topic: Batteries are killing me...

[F.O.Bean]

hehe, no you dont, hell, you could power every hosa box in the building w/ that thing

[tfrench]

Went out to Radio Shack on Friday and bought the following:
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9V/5400mAh battery -> Adaptaplug B -> 6 Ft. Adaptaplug Extension Cable -> 6-Inch Adaptaplug Y-Cable Extension -> Adaptaplug F (off each of the Y-Cable Extensions) -> 1 Adaptaplug F to the PS-2 and 1 Adaptaplug F to the AD-20
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Went out Friday night to record a local band to see how the recording would come out.  I got all types of pops/clicks through out the entire recording.  What gives? 

Do I need to run one 9V/5400mAh battery to the PS-2 and another one to the AD-20?

Thoughts?
Todd

[Sanjay]

should be able to split it, don't see why there would be a problem.  never heard of someone wiring it that way, usually they hack of the cable that came with it and wire a 4 pin to it, thats the only thing I could think of that might make a difference.  Good luck

[tfrench]

should be able to split it, don't see why there would be a problem.  never heard of someone wiring it that way, usually they hack of the cable that came with it and wire a 4 pin to it, thats the only thing I could think of that might make a difference.  Good luck

Yeah, bought the PS-2 and AD-20 together with no power cords.  Been recording with plain old 9V batteries.  After reading this thread this sounded like the solution to my battery problem.

[dnsacks]

ran the ps2 and ad20 off of a 12v sla for a while without problem -- hacked together the cable as a diy project.  Personally, I think hacking a cable together is the way to go with this setup --

[Sanjay]

well try hacking the cable that came with the wally mart battery (hey you got nothing to lose its otherwise useless) and soldering a 4 pin on and wiring it that way out to the ps2 and ad-20.  I am thinking that the 4 pin regulates the current better than a hodgepodge of adaptaplugs and it could possibly fix it, and or prevent you from blowing the battery with a mass of wiring. 

[tfrench]

What type of cable comes with this?

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2350787#long_descr

It looks to be a cable with each end having the following connection (O.D.: 4.0mm. I.D.: 1.7mm.).  Is this cable available somewhere so I don't have to purchase the entire battery setup?

Looking to get another cable to hack and test.

Todd

[Sanjay]

it came with a cable similar to the adaptaplug bungle you have, with one end for the batt and the other end with various tips for the diff dvd players.  Because of polarity issues that cable will not work witht he UA-5, so hence the adaptaplug.  But if you hack that one to pieces and add a 4 pin you should be good is golden.  Yours did not come with one?  Lemme see if i can find mine in the next few days and if i can i'll mail it out to you if you dont have one.

-sanjay

[tfrench]

it came with a cable similar to the adaptaplug bungle you have, with one end for the batt and the other end with various tips for the diff dvd players.  Because of polarity issues that cable will not work witht he UA-5, so hence the adaptaplug.  But if you hack that one to pieces and add a 4 pin you should be good is golden.  Yours did not come with one?  Lemme see if i can find mine in the next few days and if i can i'll mail it out to you if you dont have one.

-sanjay

sanjay, I have a cable but would like to keep it to power/run my Hosa box.  I'm looking to find another cable to cut open and try the following:
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Hacked Cable ->Y-Cable Extension -> Adaptaplug F (off each of the Y-Cable Extensions) -> 1 Adaptaplug F to the PS-2 and 1 Adaptaplug F to the AD-20
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If you have a cable you are not using or a extra one let me know and we'll work out something.

Thanks, Todd

[zhianosatch]

Went out Friday night to record a local band to see how the recording would come out.  I got all types of pops/clicks through out the entire recording.  What gives? 

same thing happens for about 5 minutes as a 9v dies in the ad-20.

[mattb]

What type of cable comes with this?

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2350787#long_descr

It looks to be a cable with each end having the following connection (O.D.: 4.0mm. I.D.: 1.7mm.).  Is this cable available somewhere so I don't have to purchase the entire battery setup?

Looking to get another cable to hack and test.

Todd

But this battery wouldn't be enought for the AD-20/PS-2 - both of those want 9-18v IIRC. I use a Makita 9.6 drill battery since I already had it. Made a harness out of a battery cap they come with and some wire and RC connectors terminatin in those miniplugs. Worked well a dozen or so times but the battery is running out of steam and ruined my last recording. I'll probably get an RC 9.6v system to replace it before the next one.

[tfrench]

But this battery wouldn't be enought for the AD-20/PS-2 - both of those want 9-18v IIRC. 

This is exactly what I was thinking.  By using a spliter the 9V battery would be halfing the power to the PS-2 and AD-20.

[Sanjay]

but then how can it run both a jb3 and a ua-5 at the same time?

[tfrench]

what power requirements do the UA-5 and JB3 need?  The PS-2 and AD-20 both need 9V.

[Sanjay]

jb3 needs something like 5v(in that area), and i would imagine that the ua-5 needs 9 but I am not sure.