Can this be powered from a 12V automobile battery or a cigarette lighter socket if I had the had the right cable?Making a cable is no problem for me.
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Yes you can. Just don't get the polarity wrong or you could damage the unit.
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See: http://blackravenfilms.com/tascam-dr-680-field-recorder-review-and-how-i-power-it/It is better to use a regulated power source. Also, you will get noise from a car cig lighter socket.
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Don't have the engine running while you do this. The voltage is stepped up over 12VDC to charge the battery.
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Yes I think you could and would offer the following advice, limit the length of your lead to one metre. At about 80millimetres from the recorder end of the lead fit a clip on ferrite ring making sure that it is a good fit on the outer sheath of the cable to reject any stray radio freqencies that may be picked up by the lead or the vehicle wiring. Use a good quality cigar lighter plug preferably the internally fused type, with a 800 milliamp quickblow fuse. Solder all connections. Remove any AA batteries from the recorder. Do not run the engine while the recorder is connected to the cars electrical system. Yes I think you could and would offer the following advice, limit the length of your lead to one metre. At about 80millimetres from the recorder end of the lead fit a clip on ferrite ring making sure that it is a good fit on the outer sheath of the cable to reject any stray radio freqencies that may be picked up by the lead or the vehicle wiring. Use a good quality cigar lighter plug preferably the internally fused type, with a 800 milliamp quickblow fuse. Solder all connections. Remove any AA batteries from the recorder. Do not run the engine while the recorder is connected to the... » Read More Yes I think you could and would offer the following advice, limit the length of your lead to one metre. At about 80millimetres from the recorder end of the lead fit a clip on ferrite ring making sure that it is a good fit on the outer sheath of the cable to reject any stray radio freqencies that may be picked up by the lead or the vehicle wiring. Use a good quality cigar lighter plug preferably the internally fused type, with a 800 milliamp quickblow fuse. Solder all connections. Remove any AA batteries from the recorder. Do not run the engine while the recorder is connected to the cars electrical system. « Show Less
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No, not unless your cigarette or power port is only powered with the engine running. But it's a moot point because a large power unit such as this needs to be wired directly to the battery. It can draw way more power that the fuse or wiring of a power port can handle.
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It should not. Verify that the cigarette lighter socket is clean and clear of any debris and because of the how this unit works the car's engine should be running when this device is in use. The unit really needs 13.5 to 14.5 volts dc to be happy. The car's alternator can deliver that, the battery only delivers 11.5 to 12.0 volts dc max.
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Nope. Not made for that. Needs an AC wall plug. There ARE chargers that run off car lighter output, but not for this battery. As the other guy said, you need a converter....
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Greetings Josh. You will need some battery cables to hook this up to a car battery. Include a fuse (150 amp) and battery disconnect switch. A continuous 120 volt 10 amp draw is probably more than this can handle. Also, a car battery will go flat in short order with that much current draw. 10 amps at 120 volts = 100 amps at 12 volts. Recommend you go with a larger unit that can handle 1600-2000 watts, and a larger battery bank, unless you will be keeping the engine running. Hope that helps.
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Hello, Yes you are able to run it where ever power is. If you do, you might need to look at if your lighter is continuous power or does it shut after you shut the car down. but either way Answer is yes.
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Sure is, several ways you can do this basically i'd grab one of these http://goo.gl/s3luSY with this u can use cigarette lighter plug .. or cut the cig lighter plug part off, shore the wires and use either alligator clips or an extended piece of wire if necessary and connect directly to your battery just dont get the + and - wrong. Hope this helps somewhat. - Steve
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Mine runs off of 120 volts AC power adapter. The output from the adapter is 12 volts DC at 2.1 amps. You may be able to purchase an adapter that plugs into cigarette lights from your car from the manufacturer. Personally I would not attempt to make my own as these units cost too much to experiment with.
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Yes, runs on a 12v battery. If you tried to run off your cigarette lighter, you could only used around 1/10 of the power (100 watts) before blowing the cigarette lighter 10 amp fuse. This unit designed to connect directly to 12v car battery.
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You need to connected to a 12 volt battery and is very important to use at least no. 4 cable to be sure the stuffs you connect runs well. Is too big for a car lighter but work.
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No it is not fused. But the cigarette lighter circuit shoul be fused. Check your owners manual for that circuit. If you wired the circuit for the cigarette lighter direct to the battery put in a breaker circuit for the socket. The cable that you bought could handle about 25 amps I believe safely maybe more.
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probably though I haven't managed to find the cable anywhere. I left it plugged into the lighter (Auxiliary power outlet) and it kept running until it drained the battery.
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It is not battery powered. It must be plugged into AC at all times.I suppose if you were really motivated, you could make a DC power supply from a car battery or two, and a DC to DC converter, but that's beyond the scope of this reply :-).
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Yes you can so long as you have a constant 12v source. In other words, wire it straight to battery or 12 constant on the fuse block. Most cigarette lighter plugs go off with the ignition so you need constant.
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I'm pretty sure you can convert to cigarette lighter plug I use a 12v 4.5ah sealed lead acid alarm battery cheap and it works great.
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You can buy such a thing. Any piece of equipment that has the option of using a 12V Cigarette Lighter socket will naturally work. Other than that, you would need to use a 6V power regulator (which is very simple/cheap to make). I am assuming that you need something more than USB power, which already exists on the unit via USB Charge Ports. Here at Amazon, you want something like this, which is pretty easy to implement: http://www.amazon.com/Converter-Module-12v-20v-Supply-Adapter/dp/B00OTQWK9U/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1428944314&sr=8-8&keywords=12v+to+6v+power+regulator I think I will go buy one of these for myself today, thanks for bringing this up! I am sure that I can get this to fit inside and install a jack.
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Seems a problem of logistics; an extension cord from a nearby outlet would probably be best, as I doubt a 12V outlet in your car could supply enough power for this to function properly.