Hi,
Is there a way to battery power the QC??? I want to use it busking outside, like on a street corner.
Any thoughts?
Power to the QC People
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I’ve been using a UPS (an uninterruptible power supply designed for routers) for about a year now and haven’t had any issues at all. The unit I use can deliver up to 65 W, while the Quad Cortex draws a maximum of 36 W, so there’s plenty of headroom and I can stay unplugged for up to around 4 hours.
Another important point is that, here in Brazil, the power grid is often unstable and can be quite noisy depending on the venue. Using a UPS also helped eliminate that problem.
I started looking for this solution after a few gigs where people accidentally bumped into the power supply. At one show, the Quad Cortex took a very long time to reboot, which was pretty stressful.
To just power the QC the songbirdfx usbc to 12 v and a polarity switch cable work well with any usbc pd akkupack that has 65 w
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