Portable/Battery Operated Setups?

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Posted by Allied Nations on Nov-09-2008 04:11:

Portable/Battery Operated Setups?

Need one for some busking to be done at a later date... going to be djing records ill be making over the next couple of months in the metro.

Need possible 1 hour or two hours...

think ill buy or borrow one of the small battery powered guitar amps... any ideas would be great!

Posted by Adam420 on Nov-09-2008 06:31:

what do you mean in the metro?

Posted by Watts on Nov-09-2008 06:44:

You mean like this?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3vRc6ootYY

Posted by Allied Nations on Nov-09-2008 18:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Adam420
what do you mean in the metro?

at the metro busking stations... where you see a guitarist or a cello player etc.

I wont be DJing dance music, I will be DJing a series of recordings im taking in the metro of the buskers... not a traditional house dj set, thats for sure

Posted by Adam420 on Nov-09-2008 18:48:

Well let me know in which metros you'll be playing I'll come by and drop you some change

Posted by a.chan on Nov-09-2008 23:57:

quote:
Originally posted by Watts
You mean like this?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3vRc6ootYY

wow that's in my city... never knew that happened

Posted by s3nate on Nov-10-2008 00:59:

quote:
Originally posted by a.chan
wow that's in my city... never knew that happened

Holy crap. Someone has got to do this again.

Posted by Adam420 on Nov-10-2008 01:08:

Wow that's awesome. Greg, you should ask the STM if they'd be down to letting you do that ON the metro

Posted by s3nate on Nov-10-2008 01:41:

More....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9VHdSW_3wM

Posted by wesleysnipez on Nov-10-2008 07:45:

Would be cool to do but seen one done in enclosed semi truck trailer with all stuff needed support life in it when I was visiting a cousin in Minnesota last year.

Posted by jakjak9210 on Nov-16-2008 06:57:

i know some guitarists that use a deep cycle marine battery or two and an inverter, they can get a few hours out of a 300-500 watt amp. something like this set up could work for you.

Posted by Allied Nations on Nov-17-2008 15:08:

quote:
Originally posted by jakjak9210
i know some guitarists that use a deep cycle marine battery or two and an inverter, they can get a few hours out of a 300-500 watt amp. something like this set up could work for you.
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niceone... any links would be awesome... especially about the inverter.,..

Posted by nemesis8722 on Nov-17-2008 15:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Watts
You mean like this?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3vRc6ootYY

Holy shit that's awesome!

Posted by jakjak9210 on Nov-17-2008 23:35:

depends on the wattage that you need, but dc-ac inverters are available at all auto parts stores, just check the labels on your gear, add up the wattage, and you know what to get. deep cycle marine batteries might be harder to come by, i know west marine sells them in the U.S. but im not sure about canada

edit: the inverter would be something along these lines :
http://www.dcacpowerinverters.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=ML1500-24

Posted by <tuss> on Nov-18-2008 02:36:

I used a 1000 watt inverter this summer while camping hooked up to the truck and it worked just fine, powered 2 cdj's and xone 62, as well as 2 powered monitors. Would'nt run the sub with all that though, should have got the 1500 watt. Some guys near our camp were using and re-charging car batteries which seemed to work just fine also.

Posted by jakjak9210 on Nov-18-2008 17:50:

car batteries are good, but the reason i keep saying deep cycle marine batteries is they are actually designed to run for long periods of time, if you use a car battery you will severely shorten the life span of the battery.