I’ve a couple of battery powered amps (Blackstar Fly Bass and a Roland Micro RX) which suit the environments I play in.
My pedalboard has a tuner (battery powered), a midi foot switch (rechargeable battery inside) which charges from my Dwarf via usb, a passive expression pedal and my Dwarf.
More or less I have “a copy” of your pedalboard and use.
My ampli is a Positive Grid Spark Mini… I purchased from Amazon a battery power Bank:
Krisdonia Power Bank 32000mAh 100W, one of the cable fit the Dwarf power input.
The expression pedal is a M-Audio EX-P
@SamIAm I remember that I learned about this here in the forum, but can’t find it now.
I ordered one of those and it works quite fine. The capacity will set the time that you can be jamming in the middle of the Grand Canyon, Amazonia or Sahara
Nice setup @Rino2 !
I’ve just hit the button on a smaller (and less expensive) unit from Krisdona
It will fit better in my rig and with 25,000 mAh will hopefully power me for 10h or so!
S’manth x
I’ve chose the bigger one because it has another coaxial exit at 16-18-22v selectable. I can use it to power a small power supply for external pedal (compressor, tuner, etc.)
Check if the output is at 12v as standard (I saw it is selectable) otherwise you must select the right voltage before connect Dwarf
@looperlative great advice.
Sadly I can attest to the descrutive power of Lithium Ion batteries, last August I sourced a preloved bass amp powered by such a battery. I put it on charge in the late afternoon and was woken by a burning smell about 23:30, when I arose from my snoozing I realised that … things were not quite right!
Thankfully I managed to escape my flat with some smoke inhalation (A&E discharged me afer a night of O2 and observation), but another minute would have been the end of me.The fire, which was caused by the battery, burned so fiercely that the metal reinforcing rods in the roof concrete slab distorted, the windows melted away and the plaster on the walls was burned off … reinstatement work is still underway and with a bit of luck I’ll be able to move back home this August.
My Krisdonia just arrived and what a nice bit of kit it is. A lovely heft and more cables/connectors than one can shake a stick at (Where on earth did the quote originate?!).
Sadly it seems to require me to select the voltage every time it is powered on, but this is a small price to pay as I won’t need to search for a mains power socket any more!
It seems I can use it to power my phone, tablet and my thinkpad or Macbook … it’s charging up at the moment (under my paranoid eyes) but I’m not sure which tip to choose for my Dwarf … @Rino2 , can you shed any light? There are a couple that will physically fit … but I’m not sure about the whole centre +ve/-ve thing and do not want to blow up my Dwarf. @gianfranco, is the Dwarf centre +ve or -ve?
S’manth x
Hi, after getting rid of my additional Line6 HXStomp I think I’ve won the competition for the smalest pedalboard with a dwarf on it.
Ok, the “board” is a Baseus PD 100 W 20000 mAh powerbank that fires the dwarf up with a Blind Spot Power Pipe usb-c to 12V cable. But it works realy nice (as long as I use it on a table and don’t stomp on it on the ground
The specs seems to suggest that it can deliver 12v at enough amps to drive a Dwarf. Don’t forget it is the PD or QC smart cable (Like a Blind Spot Power Pipe) that actually negotiates the voltage delivered.
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