[Dixielandjazz] Portable Power

[Russ Guarino]

Sheik, [and others who may wish to know ]:

The "Power Pac" may differ only in shape, size & added functions from a portable
car jumper battery.

The unit I have is the size of a large football,  heavy, with a pull up handle, &
with two wall plug outlets, a cigarette outlet and a two prong [ male ] plug for
charging on one end. Also on this end is  an on/off switch.

On the other end is a  pump unit for inflating a variety of objects, balls,
mattresses, car tires, etc.

On one side is a slot which takes a battery jumper unit. The unit slides in the
side pocket and locks.   Red and black heavy wires about three feet long designed
to connect to battery posts extend from the base of the slot.  When not in use,
the jumper unit is kept in a special "bag" with a Velcro closure and is separate
from the power box.

Also on one end is a bright light for night time use.  On the top is a LED read
out showing how much power remains in the unit.

It comes with a wall plug extension of about four feet for charging.  It has a
trickle charger built in.  You plug in and forget it.  It will not overcharge.

The way I have been using it is to attach a plug strip and then plug in the
various amps, guitars, keyboards, mics, etc. as needed on the plug strip.  The
unit is muscular, it has taken everything I have thrown at it and handled it with
ease.

Russ Guarino


"David W. Littlefield" wrote:

> How does your "power pac" differ from the portable car jumper batteries?
>
> Thanks.
> --Sheik
>
> At 12:48 PM 06/07/05 -0700, you wrote:
> >My unit powered a five octave keyboard and large amp for 9 hours.
> >Russ Guarino
> >
> >Tom Duncan wrote:
> >
> >> Russ Guarino <russg at redshift.com> writes on Mon, 06 Jun 2005 12:28:05
> >> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Clarinet or Soprano?
> >> To: Dixie Jazz <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> >> ::snip::
> >> >>>We did not have electricity for the keyboard and amp, so I bought a
> >> "power pac" at Costco, which I now recommend to any band that does outdoor
> >> work, not always close to electricity.  It's heavy, but a great accessory
> >> to power up mics   and electronic equipment.  One note, a guitarist on one
> >> gig discovered his old "tube" amp buzzed with this power source, but the
> >> fully "chipped" amps were OK.
> >> <<<<
> >>
> >> What a great idea and the unit I found on the Costco website is certainly
> >> affordable. They offer a 300 Watt Portable Powerpack @ $79.99 + shipping.
> >>
> >> Can anyone advise if this would be sufficient to power a keyboard, 2
> >> portable amp/speakers, and a couple of mics for 2 hours?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Tom Duncan
> >>
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