One of the best accessories for the RED CAM

[DRich61]

I was looking for an alternate to the Red Bricks, and I came across Switronix.com
I ordered the V type hotswap plate and a 90watt v type battery. This hotswap is great. First of all it lets you change batts while in operation. It also gets rid of that 90 second startup delay when you want to change out a battery. The batts of theres I am using double the runtime from the normal bricks. They have this inline charger I want to check out next, products evenly priced and amazing quality so far. Anyone else have any experience with this line?? Outside of red cam operation as well???

 

[Chris Parker]

will the RED bricks work with the switronix dual plate?

 

[Matthew Rogers]

will the RED bricks work with the switronix dual plate?

Yes, they will work on the dual v-mount plate. However, without modding, they won't pass the battery info to the camera.

Matthew

 

[Maz Mawlawi]

Can you please list the exact part numbers of what you have ordered? That would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Matthew Rogers]

http://www.batteries4broadcast.com/extras_cart.htm

Bottom right on the page. Cost $170 once they get it back in stock.

Matthew

 

[Mitch Gross]

Abel sells the Switronix products as well. They are actually rather local to our NY office, being located in Long Island, NY.

 

[DRich61]

Can you please list the exact part numbers of what you have ordered? That would be greatly appreciated.

Sure i Ordered...

GP-TS V Mount HotSwap Plate
4 XP-L90S Batteries
1 XC-2LS Fast Charger (2bay)

Greatly priced for all of this stuff, called Switronix direct and they gave me a dealer. Spoke with a rep named Vinny, was very helpful and FAST with responses and calls back. Might look into this Series 7 dv line that have as well. I'll post my experiences more as I am new to this forum.

 

[Yean Loon]

Yes, they will work on the dual v-mount plate. However, without modding, they won't pass the battery info to the camera.

Matthew

How do you mod it?

 

[Matthew Rogers]

How do you mod it?

No clue. I just know that someone posted in another thread that they had modded theirs to pass RED battery info onto the RED.

Matthew

 

[Mitch Gross]

Something to do with a magnet...

 

[Gary Stone]

How long do the XP-L90S batteries run the camera?

 

[Rob Gardner]

Anybody had any word from Red about how using non-Red batteries does or does not void the warrenty?
Thanks
Rob Gardner

 

[Cüneyt Kaya]

Anybody had any word from Red about how using non-Red batteries does or does not void the warrenty?
Thanks
Rob Gardner

yes i asked

here is what stuart said:
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=15168

Quote:
would using 3rd party batteries erase the warranty in anyway?
Some advice - its not a requirement under the terms of your warranty that you use a RED-BRICK battery.

But the battery you do use must be compatible with the RED-ONE.

i.e if your battery supplied excess voltage, or insufficient current, or the interconnect cable you created was not to our published pin-out, then you a taking a risk of physically damaging your camera and / or the integrity of your digital media; and then any in-warranty claim would most probably be denied.
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[vincelucero]

FYI the Batteries for Broadcast bricks won't power RED. But I did get the dual battery adapter and 30watt light for cheap. Real good guy and quality customer service. Build quality pretty good.