david richardson Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) I've heard that they have been used on ships and hard to reach places in little cave. They seem light on battery, but how are they used on the go? Edited October 13, 2020 by david richardson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Parnell Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 There are a couple options- It’s best to run them off high capacity Deep cycle batteries. Camping/UPS batteries work pretty well. A car battery could work at a pinch. There are a couple different options to do it- Use and inverter to give you mains AC voltage, and just run the power supply as usual - this is pretty inefficient however. Directly power them by matching the battery voltage with your lamps (ie 12v lamps in the dedo from a 12v battery or 24v lamps via 2x12v Batteries in series). In this configuration I’ve also previously used a DC motor controller to provide dimming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Joseph Tese Posted October 16, 2020 Premium Member Share Posted October 16, 2020 Matthew’s options are perfectly right. If you value a complete “out of the box” solution vs diying cables and batteries (which is not difficult btw), you can get a battery/inverter combo like this..https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1437588-REG/interfit_nom100_nomad_portable_battery_pack.html/amp One of those nomad batteries will power a dedo for about an hour. So if longevity is needed without having to swap, a deep cycle battery(s) with a much higher w/h rating is needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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