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Topic: Boss RV3 and RV5 battery life
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Andy Zynda
Member From: Wisconsin
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posted 23 October 2004 05:56 PM
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Quick question:
I'm sure that most of you RV users out there use plun-in supplies, but if you ever had to run on battery only, how long did it last?
I have a buddy who's getting about 4-6 hours and he thinks that there's a problem somewhere. I think that these pedals are battery hogs, and 4-6 hours sounds about right.
But I'm guessing, and I'd like to give him a better answer.
Anyone have the facts?
-andy- |
Roger Kelly
Member From: Mount Carmel, TN. 37645
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posted 23 October 2004 06:03 PM
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Andy....I'd say you are right! They are Battery Hogs...or at least that's been my experience with them. |
Jon Light
Member From: Brooklyn, NY
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posted 23 October 2004 06:10 PM
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A battery per night is about what I've heard about the RV 3. I simply accept that you don't run these on batteries. Doesn't sound like anything's wrong. Just a fact of life. |
Marco Schouten
Member From: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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posted 24 October 2004 03:53 AM
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No different here, they eat batteries.------------------
Steelin' Greetings
Marco Schouten
Sho-Bud LLG; Guyatone 6 string lap steel; John Pearse bar; Emmons bar; Evans SE200 amp
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Ron Elliott
Member From: Madison, Tennessee, USA
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posted 24 October 2004 06:57 AM
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Hey Guys, batteries are to costly in the first place,...use that little transformer, and "plug'er in" better sound, no distortion.2 9-volts are 5 or 6 dollars Thanks for letting me horn in, Ron |
Loren Morehouse
Member From: Meadowlands, MN USA
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posted 27 October 2004 04:33 PM
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Pigs, hogs, whatever!! Yep, they're bad!!! Loren. |
John Daugherty
Member From: Rolla, Missouri, USA
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posted 27 October 2004 04:41 PM
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Looks like we all had the same experience. Any stompbox I ever used with a battery was good for a one night stand...MAYBE ......JD |
Frank McBride
Member From: Clendenin, West Virginia, USA
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posted 27 October 2004 05:04 PM
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Mine eats batterys but would not use anything els, get a trans. I had one transformer go out so I found one at a flee market for 2 bucks, as long as the voltage is the same and the polarity is the same. the pol. and volt diagram is on top next to the trans plug. |
Bill C. Buntin
Member From: back at home in Cleburne, TX
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posted 02 November 2004 11:32 AM
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Yep, mine eat batteries too. One a night for each. Use the adaptor. I've had little or no trouble with them. |
Brad Sarno
Member From: St. Louis, MO USA
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posted 02 November 2004 12:51 PM
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You'll probably find that any pedal that has "digital" processing in it will guzzle batteries. I've had a battery last 15 gigs in a fuzz pedal where an RV-3 wont even get thru one gig on a battery.
Brad Sarno
www.steelguitarblackbox.com
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