[Mobile-Portable] How To Get Rig Power in Rental Car?

[WD8ARZ]

How about putting the power take off inside the car? That way a tap inside 
the car for charging the battery is non critical as the load is less and the 
noise on that tap wont be a problem .... just connect the rig directly to 
the portable battery.

Over the years I have tried a variety of ways to operate on external dc
sources, and have now settled on the following arrangement to operate from
the base, mobile or portable and power the repair bench. This single package
is easy to move from location to location, and is cost competitive to AC
supplies when compared to the non standard power supplies. As a benefit, it
powers all the other dc power needs in the shack and even mobile.

Almost any standard power supply that can do about ten amps continuous can
feed the power gate PG40S. Feeding high current drain devices direct off the
battery also provides good isolation from those starting transients in the
mobile.

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Charging batteries for in-use power and backup power.
Or how to eliminate large and multiple AC power supplies.

Power gate PG40S backup power system to provide dual auto switching power
and charging of a Gel Battery, mobile or base. Doesnt get hot.
http://www.westmountainradio.com/SuperPWRgate.htm

Rigrunner 4008 (comes with battery case package) using Anderson Powerpole
connectors for power distribution to multiple equipment. Note that all
outputs are also RF filtered from each other, and fused.
http://www.westmountainradio.com/RIGrunner.htm

Sealed Gelled 73 Ah Battery to go into the DCtoGo Battery box.
http://www.westmountainradio.com/MKbatt.htm
http://www.westmountainradio.com/rigrunner/M24SLDG.htm

Powerpole Crimp Tool for making more cable to rig hook ups with spare
connectors.
http://www.westmountainradio.com/PWRcrimp.htm

Battery Fuse & Terminal Kit to protect vehicle cable feeding the
distribution system.
http://www.westmountainradio.com/rigrunner/battfusetermkit.htm

Couple Power Pole Connector to HF Radio Fused 6-Pole Connector. Beats
making up these manually! hi hi
http://www.westmountainradio.com/rigrunner/ppl-24.htm

On the base, I even use a large UPS to feed the charging power supply.
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73 from Bill - WD8ARZ
http://hflink.net/qso/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kd4e" <doc at kd4e.com>
To: <FT-857 at yahoogroups.com>; "Amateur Repairs" 
<Amateur-repairs at yahoogroups.com>; "Mobile-Portable Reflector" 
<mobile-portable at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 2:51 PM
Subject: [Mobile-Portable] How To Get Rig Power in Rental Car?
>

> How does one get sufficient power for a FT-857 or similar rig in a rental 
> car without doing damage?
>
> I understand that a single accessory plug is inadequate but what if one 
> tied two in series?
>
> Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E