Battery Powered Turntables?


I'm looking to take my system "off the grid" and while I see options out there for battery powered phono stages (like Sutherland), I don't seem to see much in the way of battery powered turntables. What are my options?

I'm more or less a newbie to analog (been away from Vinyl for 20 years) so I'm a little dizzy trying to figure everything out. I'd like to be in the $1,500 range for table/arm/cartridge if possible - definitely under $2,500. A well paired stage recommendation would be appreciated too if you have one in mind.
shazam
Amazon makes several battery operated units. I enjoy mine. If you are looking for a battery operated phono stage as well, look at ZYX. Both are out of your budget if bought new.
Shazam
Lately I've been busy on that very same,please e-mail me privately,for battery powered turntables,I got some additional info you might be interested in.
Regards
George
Any AC turntable can be run on batteries.

Until recently* I made a kit which was specifically designed to run AC synchronous motors on SLA battery supply. It's very easy to do, use a car amp chip to step up the oscillator power then transformers (one per phase) to convert the voltage.

*I stopped selling the kits last week.
Shazam,

I would go the traditional route of serious off grid users. Buy a true sine wave power inverter and use 12 volt DC deep cycle (RV/Marine type) batteries. That will allow you to use your existing 120 volt AC equipment without deriving power from the grid. You would use a solar panel (cheap) or windmill (not so cheap) and a controller to charge the batteries. With the batteries charged you can run the inverter and to listen to your system. Keep in mind that several high end companies make power regeneration systems that are effectively taking ac power from the wall and regenerating it with a true sine wave inverter. You will get the same effect here - clean AC, but with the bonus of not using power from the grid. You must use a true sine wave inverter - not the cheap units at Wally mart or you could damage your equipment. If you want to use car audio amps, they can run from directly from the batteries and everything else could run from the inverter which would require a smaller inverter. If interested in this method, I can help with details and/or point you in the right direction. I've done it and still have the equipment.