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BATTERY POWER FOR ESX / EMX? Can it be done? Video discuss
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:06 am
by FranzK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRkXfdm3T2g
It's been a few years - who is up to the challenge?
Let's make this device PORTABLE!
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 11:06 am
by FranzK
Bump!
Don't tell me there's nobody who has tried this out there?
More Electribe videos coming soon!
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 11:58 pm
by xmlguy
It's not worth the trouble to run the EMX on batteries, because the battery and inverter needed to handle the runtime will be less portable than the EMX. If you've got a 60lb 12V Deep Cycle Marine Gel Cell and a 500W+ inverter, you can be "portable" but I wouldn't want to lug that around. Compare this to the iElectribe that gives a good slice of Tribe capability with long runtime on a lightweight battery. To reduce the power budget of something with a tube drive circuit requires some serious circuit bending.
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 2:37 pm
by Dietrich
I once found this:
http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... 002#237002
On the Yahoo group mentioned there is a PDF file with instructions for the ES-1.
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 3:27 am
by xmlguy
The ES-1 doesn't have a tube circuit. It's a completely different problem to try to run the EMX and ESX on batteries because of the tube power requirements. Therefore, the ES-1 and older electribe mods are irrelevant to this thread because they won't work on the X models, which was mentioned in the threads you linked.
Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 2:38 pm
by MeGaTiVe
I don't know if it works with ESX and EMX but check this out. It may help you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeccfxScPH4
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 6:58 am
by xmlguy
No, that won't work for the EMX or ESX. The ER-1 runs on 9V DC and consumes 5.5 watts. The EMX & ESX run on 9V AC and consume 24W, because of the tubes. The implications of these differences mean that a small, lightweight DC battery pack won't work.
Re: BATTERY POWER FOR ESX / EMX? Can it be done? Video dis
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 4:47 am
by AmigaHeretic
I use a UPS for a computer. Works great. I run an AMP off it too. Last about on hour.
The "new" EMX-SD and ESX-SD are now DC, so those should be much easier to run off a battery.
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:15 am
by Don Audio Labs
I use 2 of these for my Stuff. Very heavy, very expensive but i can run all my gear for several hours lol
http://www.apc.com/products/resource/in ... l_watts=50