Re: 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?

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