Can I use this with a fully charged car battery removed from the car? I need it to power a basic 200 watt movie light for a video shoot.
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Should work just fine, but you won't get the time you would from a deep discharge marine battery. 200 watts is only about 2 amps draw at 110 volts and probably about 15 amps from a 12 volt battery.
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You can use any phone/tablet charger that has a USB port instead of a wire built in (which is probably all chargers that come with phones these days, including the iPhone/ipad). Then attach the mini-USB synch cable that is included with the camera. Honestly, I wouldn't suggest trying to run it off of battery. It has a battery life of fewer than 30minutes. It's really designed to be run off your car's lighter outlet. Some cars only supply power to the outlet when the car is on so you can use that to automatically power the camera (and engage recording) on and off when the car is on/off.
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Sorry I really don't know if that would work. However I use a trickle charger for a car battery and use battery to power my trolling motor and the charge last about five hours of continuous use.
1576604
Hi there. For camping. and sleeping on the back of my pickup truck. Im using a 100 watt solar pannel connected to a 125 mah battery with a 1000 watt power inverter. I also use a 200 watt heater( smallest I could find) so I wont drain the battery so quick. in other words this one can be use as well in a setu up like mine or if you want to use it in your car battery you would need to connect the 1000 watt amp DIRECTLY from the car battery. DONOT connect it of cigaret outlet. it will blow the fuse since those dont allow to go up to 1000 watts. any questions just ask :)
1488698
Only if you're sure the battery is dead!! Lol... No, the amperage from a car battery is way too high. It might be a creative way to void your warranty, that's for sure.
1600841
Yes, but the power supply provided is for a normal 110 outlet. You can just cut the transformer off and attach it to a 12vdc supply in your car. I put this in my van so I could see left and right side rear view cameras on one screen
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If the USB is powered while the car is off, it depends on your car. My Sante Fe can draw power, my Accord doesnt seem to, but never really tried what you'd attempt. The only way to test is is to find another powered device and wire it up before you order. I connected it to my motorcycle, but its directly connected to the battery. As for draining the battery, on my motorcycle as long as nothing else is plugged into the USB port, no, no power is being drawn. Motorcycle batteries are easily drained. Even if something were left plugged in, on a car for low powered devices I wouldnt worry about it if its for a cell/tablet. A dash cam unless it was running 24/7 I would assume wouldn't be too bad as long as the car isn't sitting for a week at at time? (This is only a guess) I've had mine for about two years, no issues...
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Yes it can. We use it on both 12v car and 12v motorcycle batteries. Just set and forget. Just make sure you select the correct size and battery type. If you're charging a deeply discharged car battery though it will take awhile as it's charge rate is only 1.1 amps.
1949703
I power mine with a car booster battery. The Light -A-Lite requires 12 volts and come with a cigarette lighter adapter.
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It should work, its draw is 5 amps with a slight spike when it starts according to my power meter during its run, so for a car battery a constant but relatively low level 5 Amp/60 watt drain, you would need to look at your car starting battery to see if this type of drain is supported, many car starting batteries are designed to provide one powerful burst of current to get your car started, not a long term drain.
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Although I personally haven't done it, I've seen people use large emergency car battery chargers to power flashes. They're basically a deep cycle 12 volt car battery with an 120 VAC inverter (they usually come with jumper cables, a light, and sometimes an air pump). The bigger ones can power 2-3 lights for quite some time. Depending on your power needs you could probably make it through a photoshoot with a couple of those. They run about $120...and WAY WAY quieter than a generator.
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This can provide some power for "jump-starting" any car, but realize that the battery in this is the size of what you'd see on a riding lawn mower or generator. Since it's really not that big, I find the "Gives you 500 amps" labels a pretty big lie. I hooked up another brands unit like this to my car and disconnected the regular battery to try it out. It started the car (ford festiva 4cyl), but the starter was slow barely going. I believe this has a 18 amp hour battery just like mine. If I had a fully drained car battery (like from a light left on all night) and I left it connected while hooking this up, I'm afraid the drained battery would "steal" most of the charge from this battery and probably make both too weak to start the car in as little as 30 seconds. So I'm not keeping my hopes too high on these, especially if talking about a fully drained car battery (whereas if you left lights on while in a movie for 2 hours it has a good chance of starting it). Feel free to look at reviews (both some low and high ones) and see if others suggest about the same thing. Also FYI if you want a way to compare these to your car/truck battery, here's one OEMs definitions of rating batteries: CCA (Cold cranking amps) = The discharge load measured in amps that a new fully charged battery can deliver at 0 degrees F for 30 seconds and maintain a terminal voltage greater than 7.2 VDC. CAA (Crank assist amps) = The discharge load measured in amps that a new fully charged battery can deliver at 70 degrees F for 5 seconds and maintain a terminal voltage greater than 7.2 VDC. These battery packs are labeled using the CAA system, so to convert to CCA dividing the "500 amps" by 6 will give you a closer number (and I get that 6 factor from the 30 sec test of one versus 5 sec, not to mention temp factors).
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Absolutely not. As long as the device is 12volts it will only draw power from the battery as needed. In other words you can hook one of said devices to the battery or many.. the only thing that will change is battery life. I love mine.. and I use it to power anything from 12v cameras to 12v led's to 12v lcd monitors. From 0.2A all the way to 4.5A
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As a rule yes. Many things are charged, these days from cigar-lighter sockets, in cars. Most of them have minimal or only moderate drain. The danger is things left plugged in and forgotten about, which, over time, can flatten down a car-battery enough to make winter cold-starts difficult. There has been a minor problem with me using these 'Wasabi' batteries, in that my Panasonic camcorder carries a warning-message in the finder to the effect that they are 'not compatible'. In the event of that happening, I simply switch of the camcorder and restart it again, from its power switch. Normally, that will not repeat in a filming session. Apart from that, fine; I am getting plenty of use out of my 'Wasabis'.
1350100
Sure. The power input is just a cable with cigarette lighter on the car-supply end, and medium size coaxial DC plug on at the device. You could easily cut or remove the cigarette plug and wire to a fused *12 Volt DC * power source in the vehicle
1973893
I use mine with the converter. It should be ok to wire it to a 12 VDC battery BUT be sure to put an in-line fuse rated slightly higher than the input current shown on the amplifier label sticker. Car batteries can provide dangerous levels of current to a short circuit.
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No sir, this is not that kind of a power supply. But, you Can buy battery chargers, (a type of power supply), that will start automobiles. Just search for 'Battery Chargers' in Automotive.