@soix Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I think it's definitely worth a shot. If it doesn't provide any improvement, then you can always return it. Not sure how silent the "silent fan" is. If you decide to keep it, I'd avoid keeping it plugged in 24x7. Charging batteries to 100% diminishes their lifespan.
Theoretical battery power supply question
I’m toying with the idea of taking my audio system (minus the power amp) off the grid and using a lithium battery to power my streamer, DDC, DAC, and preamp. I checked and all components together require 83 Watts of power and the battery I’m considering can supposedly handle up to 300W power consumption with 600W peak capability. Seems like this should work and might offer some significant sonic benefits on the relative cheap, but can anyone here with more knowledge of electronics and battery power enlighten me on why this would or would not work or being worthwhile trying? Obviously my biggest concern is I don’t want to damage any of my components over this, so I’d certainly be interested in any risks I might be open to here. This is the battery I’m considering, and thanks for any thoughts, info, and expertise.
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Give Ric a call at EVS. He is doing something with batteries these days and posting on A'gon.
http://tweakaudio.com/EVS-2/Inverter_Power.html
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Space Tech Labs makes a 12V DC tube preamp. https://www.space-tech-lab.com/Tube_Pre-Amps/Wonder%20Amp%20series/WP-1.php
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I’d be concerned that the inverter produces dirtier electricity that the wall outlet. All the marketing managers say "pure sine wave". i’m sure your wall outlet easily meets their requirements. Inverters are not easy.
Second issue that a lot of people don’t think about, maybe you have, is that when your battery is plugged in for charging you’re running off wall power, not battery power, so you have to physically unplug the charger while you are using the battery. |
Interesting stuff. Point taken about the quality of the inverter that I can’t think is very good at this price level. Given this would be powering about $5k of electronics I’m not willing to risk potentially damaging the equipment due to dirty power, fluctuations, etc. so if I do it I’ll look to the options mentioned here. Nobody really addressed the question if this battery would have ample power to drive four devices that require 83W to run. Seems like it should, but what wattage battery would you recommend for that load? |
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