Re: VECTOR: Running games off of a battery?

It might be worthwhile using a pure sine wave invertor, if you use a square
wave one, the transformers *might* get a bit hot  - just a thought....
Cheers, Colin

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve C <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 8:00 PM
Subject: RE: VECTOR: Running games off of a battery?


> I ran three games at the same time on a single 600W inverter ... takes a
lot
> of current from the battery though, from memory I think it was pulling
> around 45 amps ... I think it was defender, space duel and asteroids.
>
> Steve
>
> Ps. If you're UK based, it's part N66AU from maplin ...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark E Davidson
> Sent: 30 December 2004 18:18
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: VECTOR: Running games off of a battery?
>
> 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?
>
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