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Switching to battery power

Hi

Has anybody switched their audio system either wholly or partially to battery power? I've read that some folks have had good results using Goal Zero power stations for doing this, but I'm sure a couple of quality deep cycle and good full wave inverter would work no?

Please share if you have tried it and what your finding were.

Thanks
Paul
pauly
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goofyfoot
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pauly, that sounds great. I have my DAC, renderer, Quad 2905 ESL's, phono amp and turntable that I would like to power by a battery generator and the ECO is affordable.
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I'm not sure how I would manage to keep my ESL's plugged in if connected to the battery.
pauly OP
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Take 2 on the battery charge. 
For some reason my battery is not getting drained today. I suspect I had not had it fully charged before. I had on charge over night and most of the morning. It’s hanging in there like a champ tonight. 
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I gotta find a way to use a battery generator but keep my Quad ESL's plugged into power 24/7. Any ideas?
pauly OP
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My ecoflow can be used as a ups. So you can plug your ESLs into the ecoflow and keep the ecoflow plugged into the mains. While you listen, you unplug the mains. As soon as you stop listening, plug the ecoflow back into the mains. 

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