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Andy Johnson-Laird · December 24th, 2009, 01:20 PM

Has anybody found a good external battery pack solution for the FS-CV (or for the FS-4 for that matter?)

The problem with the FS-CV specifically is: (a) there is no extended capacity battery pack available for it, (b) there is no separate battery charger available for it--you have to load them into the FS-CV to charge them. :( The standard capacity battery is rated for 180 minutes/3 hours so, for a six hours shoot -- to be safe -- you'd need three batteries for each FS-CV

The only (not very good) option seems to be to buy several standard capacity batteries and try and recharge them overnight. I have three FS-CVs (for three XLH1s), so that means "recharge hell" for nine batteries given that I'm shooting for five our six hours a day in the field and then need to "empty" the FS-CVs at the end of the day.

Has anyone found a suitable belt pack that will allow me to drive an FS-CV for seven hours? (Which is roughly the HDV capacity of the FC-CV.) I have a feeling that I'll need to make one up by doing a cable-ectomy on existing battery pack, eg. Bescor.

It needs 11-18 VDC, 7.5 watts. (That is, at, say 12v, 0.625 amps.) So I'd need about a 50 watt hour pack. (Visions of dragging a sealed lead acid battery around on a little cart behind me.... Lithium Ion would be much lighter!)

While I think of it, has anyone found a good belt pack for the FS-CV/4 too? Don't really want it on the camera because of the increased carry weight!

Thanks in advance
Andy

Gregory Dillard · February 8th, 2010, 11:41 AM

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December 24th, 2009, 01:20 PM	#1
Andy Johnson-Laird Regular Crew Join Date: May 2009 Location: Portland, Oregon ("Orygun"), USA Posts: 34	External battery pack for FS-CV (or FS-4?) Has anybody found a good external battery pack solution for the FS-CV (or for the FS-4 for that matter?) The problem with the FS-CV specifically is: (a) there is no extended capacity battery pack available for it, (b) there is no separate battery charger available for it--you have to load them into the FS-CV to charge them. :( The standard capacity battery is rated for 180 minutes/3 hours so, for a six hours shoot -- to be safe -- you'd need three batteries for each FS-CV The only (not very good) option seems to be to buy several standard capacity batteries and try and recharge them overnight. I have three FS-CVs (for three XLH1s), so that means "recharge hell" for nine batteries given that I'm shooting for five our six hours a day in the field and then need to "empty" the FS-CVs at the end of the day. Has anyone found a suitable belt pack that will allow me to drive an FS-CV for seven hours? (Which is roughly the HDV capacity of the FC-CV.) I have a feeling that I'll need to make one up by doing a cable-ectomy on existing battery pack, eg. Bescor. It needs 11-18 VDC, 7.5 watts. (That is, at, say 12v, 0.625 amps.) So I'd need about a 50 watt hour pack. (Visions of dragging a sealed lead acid battery around on a little cart behind me.... Lithium Ion would be much lighter!) While I think of it, has anyone found a good belt pack for the FS-CV/4 too? Don't really want it on the camera because of the increased carry weight! Thanks in advance Andy __________________ Forensic Software/Image Analyst & Educational DVD Production Portland, Oregon ("Orygun"), USA : www.jli.com

February 8th, 2010, 11:41 AM	#2
Gregory Dillard Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 55	Tekkeon MP3450 Newegg.com - Tekkeon myPower ALL External Laptop Battery MP3450 - AUX Battery Packs __________________ Canon 7D and 5D Mark II,Canon XL H1, XL2, Cinevate Atlas 30, Advanta Jib, AJA i/O, KONA LHe, AJA I/O HD, ZEISS PRIMES, G5 Quad Core, MacPro 2.66GHz, XSERVE RAID 10TB