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Replacing the 12 volts DC power supply with two car battery
 
Reference # Submitted by Submitter rating Cost
87 Marc Légaré The Best $40.00
 
Source Brand
Esoteric D500 power supply replaced with battery
 
Construction
You have to find the 12 volts regs (LM 317 and 337) that are supplying the 12 volts for the DACS. You take them out You take two cars batteries and connect the wires for B+, B- and ground. It is a good thing to place a .1 mfd polystyrene cap near the B+ and B- to the ground. Place them inside the D 500 at the end of the wires that are coming from the batteries.
 
Setup
see previous
 
Use
see previous
 
Performance
AMAZING is the word. Gone is the digital sound. Smooth and detailed sound. It's unbelievable
 
Other
Leave the power on because the sound is better. Recharge batteries when the voltage is reaching 10 volts
 
 
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Ron As i use batteries on my gainclones i can advise to use only SLA (sealed lead acid) type batteries. A open lead acid battery will emit hydrogen and hydrogen sulfied gases.Also running a battery down to 10VDC will shorten the life of the battery. I just use battery chargers and 2 1000uf caps to ground on a +12-ground- -12 volt system.I just charge when the system is not in use.
 
 
 
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