GEOSATpro Micro meets budget brand 9 volt batteries

[wallyhts]

Its raining here so I figured I would try this.

CW C-Band 91

I tired with one battery and it lasted one minute before rebooting.

So I have two 9 volts now as of this post at 11 minutes.

Update: 13:05 bats got very hot. So that means it's not worth it however worth the try.

 

[rv1pop]

A 12v garden tractor battery would be the smallest I would use... A 12vdc Deep Cycle battery if you want to watch for a good while. But then what's the fun of a sure thing?

For us, both the TVs and the receiver need to run on 12v DC. Bank I use is 4 Trojan 6V DC, T-105, 225AH in series parallel for 12 VDC, 450 AH.

 

[KE4EST]

Wonder how long it would last without coax hooked up?

 

[primestar31]

Not long. It's rated at 2 amp draw, and there's no way 9 volt batteries can sustain that sort of continous current. Of course that would probably be flat out with a motor and such, but still 9 volt batteries are tiny. Now a bunch of "D" batteries wired in series for 12 volts could hold out for a while I'd bet.

 

[KE4EST]

Yeah I was thinking the same using 18 D batteries.

 

[concord]

A couple of 6v batteries might do it... Of course the battery pack will be twice as large as the receiver .

http://www.batterymart.com/p-1231-eveready-6-volt-lantern-battery.html

 

[wallyhts]

What about lithium batteries from lost leader prepaid cell phones? I bet bestbuy will have some for $2.99 again so.

 

[migold]

[h=1]Energizer Industrial 529 Lantern Battery[/h] 6 volt X 2 = 12 volt and are easily found and economical, if you want portable power.