29 May
2010
29 May
'10
11:29 a.m.
On 28/05/10 21:31, Folderol wrote:
On Fri, 28 May 2010 11:13:46 +0200
Jörn Nettingsmeier<nettings(a)folkwang-hochschule.de> wrote:
This is something I'm not sure about - how much power you need for
busking to a small audience? I'm thinking of using a cheap chinese amp
off ebay that does 180W per channel, but I'm not sure if this is more or
less than he'll need. He also wants to be able to use the amp for
gigging in a small room (which takes about 50 people), so I want it to
be able to run off mains power as well.
On 05/27/2010 06:36 PM, Bob van der Poel wrote:
not really recommendable for a permanent setup. with an ups and standard
mains equipment, you will waste battery (and carry dead weight) twice:
in the inverter that generates grid voltage from the battery, and in the
PSUs of your gear that will re-transform the precious grid voltage back
into low-voltage DC. throw out the middle man.
the nice thing about car equipment (as a previous poster has suggested)
is that all the gear is standardized to work at 12 volts dc. many car
radios have line ins these days (for file players etc.). it's easy to
hook up a small mixer here - you should be able to find a cheap one by
the Brand That Shalt Not Be Named or one of the other manufacturers they
steal their designs from - i've seen a few that take 12v dc.
How much sound output power do you actually need? In bridge mode an
amplifier running off 12V can deliver a maximum of 18W RMS into 4ohms.
A friend
of mine was talking about how he would like to be able to busk with
his keyboard, and I said I would look into the possibility of building him a
battery powered PA for it. Does anyone have any suggestions for good ways of
going about this? We would like to keep the cost as low as possible.
How about an off-the-shelf UPS? Don't know how big you'd need,
would
depend on the gig time, etc. There is probably a way to calculate that
:)
The consumer UPS units I've see all have lead-acid (sealed) batteries
and are quite reliable.