Portable power supply.

alienbil · Post by **alienbil** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 5:03 pm

Can somebody tell me how many volts/amps I need for a dc portable?Please??

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:08 pm

Please search in the future.

The Dreamcast uses 12v, 5v, and 3.3v. As for how many amps, I'd say 2 amps should be the bare minimum.

alienbil · Post by **alienbil** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:21 pm

thanx,I appreciate the speedy answer.I knew about the 12v,5 and 3.didnt know how many amps the batterys needed to give.

lpjunior999 · Post by **lpjunior999** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:56 pm

So what's recommended for a power source? For instance, I have a 6v RC car battery, but I doubt that's enough power and wiring it could be messy. What have others used?

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:47 pm

12v battery with a Gamecube PSU.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:51 pm

try and get a battery above 12 volts i have found that when the voltage drops close to 12 the PSU voltages fluctuate

i would reccomend 2 7.2 volt rc car like dkap

lpjunior999 · Post by **lpjunior999** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:43 pm

What about a battery pack for two 9v batteries? I only ask because with my noobishness that might be easier.

Post by **bicostp** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:59 pm

9v batteries don't have much power to them, they won't even last as long as AAAs would.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:07 pm

try the thread that demon has in the trading post
reaperman posted some real cheap and real powerful batteries in that thread

Post by **Sparkfist** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:28 pm

bicostp wrote:9v batteries don't have much power to them, they won't even last as long as AAAs would.

That's because the 9v battery is made up of 6 AAAs.

As for batteries really jump on ebay and look for R/C batteries rated at 7.2v. Very simple or you could look for a DVD player's battery, many of them are 14.4v and have a capacity of 4000mA or more.