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Topic: Boss RV3 and RV5 battery life |
Andy Zynda
From:
Wisconsin
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Posted 23 Oct 2004 4:56 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-
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Roger Kelly
From:
Bristol,Tennessee
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Posted 23 Oct 2004 5:03 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. |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 23 Oct 2004 5:10 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. |
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Marco Schouten
From:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 24 Oct 2004 2:53 am
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No different here, they eat batteries.
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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
From:
Madison, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 24 Oct 2004 5:57 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 |
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Loren Morehouse
From:
Meadowlands, MN USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2004 3:33 pm
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| Pigs, hogs, whatever!! Yep, they're bad!!! Loren. |
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John Daugherty
From:
Rolla, Missouri, USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2004 3:41 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 |
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Frank McBride
From:
Clendenin, West Virginia, USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2004 4:04 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. |
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Bill C. Buntin
From:
Cleburne TX
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Posted 2 Nov 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. |
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Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 2 Nov 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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