[Mobile-Portable] Solid State Amps - Battery & Floating Charge?

[DavidE Benedict]

Hi Doc...

I know this doesn't answer any of your questions, but if most of what
you'll be doing is stationary/portable, two things leap immediately to
mind:
1) The Sunspot cycle is going to be getting better soon, and,
2) A slick portable (hopefully buildable/tinkerable) knock-down beam might
be an easier way to get more db's output to the ether.

David B.
W7DBH



mobile-portable at mailman.qth.net,Internet writes:
>I am combining a pair of solid state amps.
>They each use a set of four 2SC2879's.
>
>They each may draw 75amps if driven to full power.
>
>I'd like to power them from a large deep-cycle
>battery or two.
>
>I'd like to be able to use that/those batteries
>base or in a large travel trailer.
>
>What large capacity deep-cycle battery(s) do you
>recommend for this application?
>
>When *base* is floating an Astron VS-50M 50A power
>supply across the battery(s) sufficient to hold them
>up during surges?
>
>When operating fixed-portable from a *travel trailer*
>should I anticipate the need for a small generator
>on the towing tongue rather than tapping into the
>travel trailer's power system?
>
>If I use the dual-unit amp *mobile* in my 1996 Chevy
>1500 van should I use:
>
>1. An auxiliary battery?
>
>2. A beefed-up battery in the van?
>
>3. One or more of the large 1F or 2F caps the sound
>    nuts use mobile inline with the amp supply as a
>    power surge buffer?
>
>4. Do I need to beef-up my alternator?
>
>5. Other?
>
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>
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