Rigging Ikegami TM9-1 Field Monitor

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enterdcable

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Has anyone tried to rig the TM9-1 Color field monitor to a car battery via the 4 pin xlr? What kind of cables would you need? XLR male to alligator clips? :P

I want to see how much I will really have to spend if I purchase this monitor. It will be useless if I can't get it powered out in the field.

I'm not sure I ihave enough money yet for the entire Anton Bauer system, but saving up for it because this model has gold mount plates in the back to charge up your monitor without additional cables... SWEET. So I was wondering if a car batt would be okay until then.
 
Re: Rigging Ikegami TM9-1 Field Monitor

Get a 12 Volt Power Inverter to run the monitor, more reliable, with a built-in circuit breaker.

Much safer, and easier, till you move on to the Anton Bauer.
 
Re: Rigging Ikegami TM9-1 Field Monitor

Or just get a cigarette-plug to XLR converter cable, and run the monitor from your cigarette lighter plug in your car.
 
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i have one of those but my car won't be anywhere near where we're shooting :-[
 
Re: Rigging Ikegami TM9-1 Field Monitor

In that case, get a Power Inverter, haul your battery to your location, and hook it up. The circuit breaker will ensure to prevent damage.
 
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I'm not sure how this would connect to the car battery.

Wouldn't I need something that has alligator clips?
 
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I don't even know which batteriies I should use. I was told not to use the standard car jump start battery because it'll drain the battery fast if used continuously.


Instead I was told that I should look into Deep Cycle batteries. I was also told to be careful not to spill. Spill? Spill what? Battery acid? I'm beginning to think this is a bad idea for portable energy. What do you think?
 
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$300 for just the power inverter. hmm..

screw it i'd rather get the anton bauer battery then..
 
Re: Rigging Ikegami TM9-1 Field Monitor

Excellent that's more like it. The one's I had been looking at were for RVs lol.

Pookie, you help me so much I have to give you some sort of credit for my film ;D!
 
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It's safe w/o need to worry about blowing my camera if I use a car battery? I'm scared.
 
Re: Rigging Ikegami TM9-1 Field Monitor

600 watts is pretty high for just a monitor and camera. And $79 is kind of expensive too.

Go to Pep Boys and check out the booster packs and jump starter packs. They had one there (by Vector I think?) which had a car jump-starter, a tire inflator, a cigarette jack, and a built-in inverter. With that you could power any AC device for as long as the battery lasts. I think it was somewhere around $100. Those batteries are normally around 17 amp-hours, which would drive a DVX for somewhere around 16 hours, or a monitor for around 20 hours or so. (way wild guesses here, I'm sure J_Barnes or someone who knows electricity could correct the numbers).

But that way you'd have an all-in-one portable power solution for either 12V cigarette-lighter applications or 120V AC applications, plus it'll inflate your tires and jump-start your car.
 
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$79 is expensive... but I want to be able to rig some lights on it to if need be... maybe even buying two converters to rig my lights, monitor and camera...

I want power than enough now, so I can use it later. But 600watts won't be enough for a 1k light right? (1000watt)? That's pretty much a standard fresnel arris light... anything smaller being something like an Inky or a Baby light... but if I only plan to use these lights for 10 - 15 minutes it'll be okay right?

I don't have tires or a car to jump start so I won't be needing those extra features ;D, thanks though... Barry what would you recommend? And I've found out, those are all 12v rated so camera is safe. What more it's like plugging into a wall with surge protection socekt... so I'm told.

Thanks!
 
Re: Rigging Ikegami TM9-1 Field Monitor

A 600w inverter won't handle a 1000w light. You'd need probably at least a 1200w inverter to handle a light like that. And even so, it'll drain the battery instantly.

If you want portable power like that, you should probably be looking at generators rather than batteries...
 
Re: Rigging Ikegami TM9-1 Field Monitor

Sorry Barry, that wasn't meant towards you ::) .  It's just that I wanted to not do the whole generator route because of their that much more expensive but also because of the noise they produce (even the "silent" ones).  
 
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