Battery powered firewire drive solution for offloading P2 in the field

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Betacam2

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Hey everyone,
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up on a battery powered firewire drive I made out of off the shelf parts. I couldn’t find a battery firewire portable HD made by any company so, i tried to do it myself and it works! Hope this helps someone. It’s a nice cheap portable solution when you want to offload footage from the camera to a HD out in the field...
Here are the parts I used:
Macally 2.5 iee 1394 HD case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817146604
APC Mobile Powerpack
http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=UPB10
Seagate Laptop drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148128

It’s been reliable and works great. I’ve offloaded quite a few p2 cards and never had a problem.
Hope this helps someone...
 
Fantastic news! I have been looking for this kind of solution...the only problem is where I could buy those things here...anyway, thanks. :dankk2: If anyone knows where I could buy those things here in Europe or maybe order from the U.S....let me know.
 
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HD Case from amazon 37.00
APC battery from Circuit City 59.00
80 gig HD newegg 59.00

so approx. $155.00 US

You might be able to make it cheaper if you use a 60 gig HD

RE1000. GO SOX!
 
Betacam, I have one question for you about the APC Mobile Powerpack...How do you charge it? Does it have some adapter or what kind of lithium-batteries it has? I need to know this because, I'm not sure if I am able to use it here in europe...

Thanks.
 
petelms, It came with a plug in adapter with a usb cable attached, very much like an ipod adapter- like MarcMalkowski mentioned.

I've never charged it from my computer, but, I'd have to believe that it would work. I'll give it a try later tonight to see if it works and post results here.
 
peteIms, where re you ordering?

I already have the hard drive (got a very good deal at my company for a 120GB iomega), but the battery would be a nice add-on
 
Yeah, thanks for the info, Betacam2. Would love to hear if it works. Excellent topic. :thumbup:
 
MarcMalkowski, the only place I could find is the Amazon. Do a search for words: apc mobile and you will find it. Also if you need the HD case, you will find it also from Amazon: macally 2.5" USB

Hope this helps.
 
Heheh, ole hyvä. Damn, bad news...you cannot order those things to Europe from Amazon...:crybaby: Ou nou...:huh: It was too good to be true...

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Well... how fast do you need that?
I am working on developing a little box that might solve many power supplying problems. But I will be abled to put everything together in about 4-5 weeks from now on.
 
alright, I will post pictures and everything on here as soon as it is finished, I would have done that already but I first off need to finish my work here in Ireland and get back to Germany to actually construct the box!
 
The battery charges off of a Mac Pro.

It does not charge off my powerbook, but, my powerbook has never seemed to power devices via usb.

I hope that helps
 
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