Building my own battery...

[Owen James]

Hi Brook,

Rathbone energy specializes in rebuilding Anton Bauer Packs. They can also do custom builds and forms. They are pretty nice to work with and may be able to do something for you if the airsoft idea doest generate enough juice.

http://www.rathboneenergy.com

Cheers.

 

[Brook Willard]

Thanks, Owen. I'll check it out.

To those that are interested, here's the footage Greg shot for Arri last year. Joe Jennings flew B camera [a 2C].

QT1http://homepage.mac.com/brookwillard/greggasson.movQT2

 

[Brook Willard]

Alright, it seems that the camera has an absolute maximum startup draw of 12A and a stable draw of 4.5A.

Assuming my cables are rated to withstand a 5A draw, A ~54WH battery should work. I've seen people run the RED on Anton Bauer 50WH batteries, so it just may cut it.

Worst case scenario, I can build a "Y" cable to start the camera with a RED BRICK and run the camera with a smaller onboard battery. Use the RED BRICK to start the camera in the plane and remove it before exit.