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In the Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity.

Post Subject: Solar powerPosted by Jorge on: 12/11/2010

I talked for a couple of hours today with a local Solar Power technician, I sort of told him all the gear I have that would need to run on batteries and we got a shaky number; from that number he started calculating a bunch of panels and batteries and inverters and intelligent chargers etc... the final price: Close to what 3 PP2000 cost. On a cloudy day I would not be able to listen to my system or if I have a long listening session...So I just Asked: Could I just hook up my car to the bateries and charge them and get done with it? He told me of course, but we wouldnt do that because we are a green company! I have been making water filters for 25 years I think I have owned the right to park my car, hook it to my sound system and leave it running for a couple of hours more!

But I still would need to know if it would sound any good! I would be listening not to the 12 volt batteries but to whatever the inverter did to make 110 volts AC out of the 12 volts DC.... And then my signal procesors would probably bring down the 110 V AC to 12 VDC again! etc...

So I started to google Car audio amps, maybe for my subwoofers? they have nice 4 channel AB amps with built in low pass and high pass adjsutable Xovers, very nice fuses and power cables, even a huge 1 farad cap to avoid the headlights on your car from diming during the overture!

Then of course we have this: http://vt52.com/
With a great little 0.6 watt amp for my compression drivers and RAAL tweeters with a power supply made out of 16 pcs 12 volt batteries, and matching preamp.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Trojan-SCS150-12V-100Ah-Group-24-Deep-Cycle-Battery-/370419966373?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item563ec021a5
If we get the first cheapy deep cycle battery I found for close to $ 170 usd times 16, around 2,700 usd. My current amp costs much more than that!

http://www.dddac.de/ This guys seem to have a very nice DAC, complicated enough to make it look interesting, that runs on batteries too... Less than 16 I am sure!

Only thing I need now is what to do with my Upper bass horns, I am sure 0.6 watts wont get them happy.... maybe a battery gainclone or some SS thing might do the trick. plenty of that around!

This is very interesting;
http://www.mother-of-tone.com/index.htm

I heard this once and it seemed very nice... good bass!
http://www.audio-consulting.ch/?Products:Amplifier:MIPA_30_Watt

Of course there is also this:
http://www.audio-consulting.ch/?Products:Tube
For the price of a small house! that is a lot of PP2000s!

Of course my Forsell transport and TT will run from the wall... no problem there!

And if the world comes to an end I will still be listening to my system among the wreckage....

Anyway, buy a Chevy Volt, do not remove the battery, just find the right cable and keep it running on your driveway!

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