I bought 10 1.2v NiMh AA batteries (with solder tabs), soldered them
together in series, put them in a little box, but a pigtail with an XLR
connector on them, put a little velcro on my mags, and some on the
batteries. I build two, and then seemed to run the camera for about one
400' load, so I built 2 more. Then I hit the 'recycle' button on my
charger. Now, each battery will run the camera pretty much all day. I
have
too many batteries to manage!! One went down, but I haven't fixed it
yet.
Three batteries is plenty. I have an ACL II with the HD motor. I
bought a
video tap, so I'll put a connector in the battery case for that too.
There's enought room.
Each battery probably cost $40 or less. Alexander Battery has a really
cool
charger which I bought.
PS...remember to recycle your NiMh and NiCad batteries. Any Radio Shack
or
Circuit City will take them. Just ask at the cashier's desk, or look
for
the Richard Karn (Al, from TV's 'Home Improvement') posters. For more
information, log on to www.rbrc.org
(I shot the PSA series for the Rechargeable Battery Recycling
Corporation)
Warren Yeager, SOC
www.warrenyeager.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wade Ramsey" <wramsey@bju.edu>
To: <EclairACL@topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: Eclair ACL Battery Options
> Go for the 14.4v size. You'll get a lot more footage out of it.
>
> Wade K. Ramsey, DP
> Dept. of Cinema & Video Production
> Bob Jones University
> Greenville, SC 29614
>
> >>> joshuatunick@hotmail.com 11/15/01 4:23:49 PM >>>
> Hello everyone -
>
> I just thought I'd let everyone know that I'm working on some
> different
> battery options for the ACL. Originally I was working on an Anton
> Bauer
> mount, and may end up doing it anyway, but I recently found out that
>
> DeWalt cordless tool batteries would work just as well and at a
> fraction
> of the price. I'm going to try and make a mount for those batteries
> and
> see how that goes. Thay are NiCad and you can get them at 12 volts
> and
> at 14.4 volts. I'm going to go with 14.4 volts unless someone can
> think
> of any reason not to - the heavy duty motor should do fine at 14.4,
> right?
>
> I'll keep you posted...
>
> Joshua
>
>
>
>