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oik i have a reg jambox with a aux in plug, i want to use my sat rodie through the aux plug, ok my dilema is the power supply for the sat receiver, its 6 volt, i built a battery plug for 4 aa batteries they were the cheap radioshack batteries, it powered up the unit but they were dead in 5 minutes, any other ideas, i dont want to go through my cranking battery at all i have too much stuff as it is pulling off it..

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Originally Posted by jhef

oik i have a reg jambox with a aux in plug, i want to use my sat rodie through the aux plug, ok my dilema is the power supply for the sat receiver, its 6 volt, i built a battery plug for 4 aa batteries they were the cheap radioshack batteries, it powered up the unit but they were dead in 5 minutes, any other ideas, i dont want to go through my cranking battery at all i have too much stuff as it is pulling off it..

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You could look at some of these
Energizer 521 6 Volt Alkaline Lantern Battery: BatteryMart.com
Should work, mite want to find a rechargeable one.
U.S. Battery-US 1HC XC

Lot of current.......

I would get a 6v SLA battery.

Give me the model/make info on what you want to run on 6v and let me do some calculations.

Also, will need to know how long you plan to run the unit before recharging the battery. This determines size (Ah).

Tom

thanks guys i said heck with it bouht a belkin boombox off ebay for 30 bucks, i plug my roadie into it , also its waterproof, so now i can listen to my ballgames this fall,,thanks