From: Robert Schaller (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Oct 22 2007 - 19:31:22 PDT
You get a portable solar panel, and charge your normal batteries from that.
They cost several hundred dollars, depending on Watts output. If you can
get a DC charger for your batteries, the kind that are sold to plug into 12V
auto cigarette lighters, then it's pretty easy. I was all set to do such a
remote thing a couple of years ago, but changed plans and ended up not
needing to. You might need to get a voltage regulator depending on the
voltage tolerance of the charger you have/get. If you can't get a DC
charger, then you need an inverter, and it gets more complicated. If I were
you, I would start by seeing whether there is a 12V DC charger available for
your video camera, say, by checking b+h. See how many Watts it draws, and
then find a solar panel with that much output. There are a lot of them out
there! Off the cuff, here are a couple of links:
http://www.ecovantageenergy.com/catalog/subcat132.htm
http://www.powerportstore.com/Solar%20Recharging%20-%20AR.htm
Of course, you can only charge in the sun, so you'll also want several extra
batteries. You'll have to decide whether you can afford it, but it's not
heavy, and I, for one, like the technological evolution of such a
possibility.
Good luck!
Robert Schaller
On 10/21/07 12:42 PM, "Flick Harrison" <email suppressed> wrote:
> Sorry dude, but this sounds like wishful thinking. No electricity
> minus batteries??
>
> A friend of mine borrowed my XL-1 for two weeks of bush shooting - he
> built a giant car-battery into a tool box, had an AC adapter for the
> camera modified to tap into this battery. Worked like a charm. Shot
> for 2 weeks.
>
> He may have charged it on the middle weekend or something, though, I
> don't know the details.
>
> You'd need a battery pro to make sure it was safe for your
> equipment. I believe he got it done at a battery shop in Vancouver
> where they custom-build these kinda things all the time. It wasn't
> outrageously expensive or anything.
>
> He needed a voltage meter to make sure the thing was charged up, and
> another adapter to charge it.
>
> Based on the power your camera draws times the number of hours
> shooting you could figure out pretty close if the battery was going
> to last you.
>
> Many years later, I find the thing no longer holds charge. It spent
> too long stone-dead in my closet, i think.
>
>
>
> On 23-Aug-07, at 9:21 AM, Ruben Guzman wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> What would you do if you had to shoot (video) for two weeks in a
>> location with no electricity and you're not willing to carry a
>> heavy load of batteries? Nope, I cannot afford to shoot on film.
>>
>> Any ideas/ suggestions greatly appreciated.
>> r.
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