Re: VECTOR: Running games off of a battery?

I'm not sure you can pull enough current out of an AC Inverter (unless
it's a pretty good one with a big heatsink on it.)

I usually use a small gaspowered generator.

Kurt

On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 01:18:19PM -0500, Mark E Davidson wrote:
> The question,
> Has anyone ever run an arcade machine (vector or otherwise) off an 12v 
> battery and an AC inverter?
> 
> The Reason
> I have had 1/2 my collection in self storage for over 4 years now. The 
> unit has power and lights so If I needed to, I could plug something in 
> for test. BUT..... the price of rent has skyrocketed over the past 2 
> years so I have moved to a different storage company. The catch is, no 
> lights no power. So I was wondering if an inverter, a car battery and a 
> solar charger to refresh the battery was a way to add occasional testing 
> and a 100 bulb over my head..... Or do games no like square wave AC?

-- 
/**
 * Kurt Mahan   [email protected]
 *
 * "Did I say that out loud?"
 */