{"id":519,"date":"2011-03-15T23:27:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T03:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/?p=519"},"modified":"2013-12-30T13:27:10","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T18:27:10","slug":"power-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/?p=519","title":{"rendered":"Power 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been asked a couple times what I do for power in the field. Here it is.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 x Everstart 24DC-6 flooded lead-acid hybrid deep cycle\/marine batteries wired in parallel. 75AH each, 150AH in total<\/li>\n<li>0 gauge cable with nice ring connectors throughout, including between batteries (ignore the pics, I had 4-gauge on between the batteries then with 0 gauge to the inverter)<\/li>\n<li>80A ANL inline fuse on the positive side<\/li>\n<li>Xantrex ProwattSW 600 pure sine wave inverter (For the mount exclusively)<\/li>\n<li>DuraCell Digital inverter 400 (for two laptops and everything else, modified sine wave)<\/li>\n<li>Enercell 3-outlet DC cigarette adapter for the Parsec 8300M<\/li>\n<li>Battery Tender Plus 12V 1.25A charger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This system powers everything in the field, mount, two laptops, focuser, powered USB hubs, and camera. And anything else I want to throw at it. I keep it in the car when it&#8217;s cold out, and run extension cords to the gear. After two nights in a row of heavy use without a charge the voltage will still be 12.3V.<\/p>\n<p>The only maintenance needing to be done is the occaisional top-off of the batteries with distilled water. I&#8217;ve only needed to do that once, and it was very little.<\/p>\n<p>After two nights of heavy use in a row it&#8217;ll take about 3 days to fully recharge using the 4-stage Battery Tender unit. That is a fantastic charger by the way.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, no power worries in the field. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>I still have two Duracell Powerpack 600&#8217;s. I&#8217;ll take one with me, for dew heater use and\/or DC powered hairdryer use. But these don&#8217;t see much use any more.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC05516.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-520\" title=\"DSC05516\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC05516.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC05517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-521\" title=\"DSC05517\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC05517.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC05518.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-522\" title=\"DSC05518\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC05518.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC05519.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-523\" title=\"DSC05519\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC05519.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC05523.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-524\" title=\"DSC05523\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC05523.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC05526.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-525\" title=\"DSC05526\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC05526.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC05527.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-526\" title=\"DSC05527\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvren.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSC05527.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been asked a couple times what I do for power in the field. 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