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Would a 9V battery replace the external power supply? Options
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#1 Posted : 29 December 2019 19:36:05
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I read the spec of the external power supply was DC9V - I'm assuming I could just wire in a 9V battery to replace it no?

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You get two choices, 9v through mains adapter and then battery option which is 6v, 4x AA batteries. Just use the supplied battery box option.

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#3 Posted : 29 December 2019 20:23:38

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You could try ordering the external mains from DeAgostini but the one I received did not work due to reversed polarity. Bought this one from Amazon and works great. https://www.amazon.com/g...4_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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I'm actually trying to avoid using the internal battery pack and also the need to trail a power cable down from the mount on the wall. I figured I could hide a 9v battery pack on the underside.
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#5 Posted : 30 December 2019 01:09:28

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IF you want to use batteries I would not use a 9V battery. Using 6 AA in a battery pack would be OK, but the LED strips in the falcon will drain a 9V battery pretty quickly.

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#6 Posted : 30 December 2019 01:37:23
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darbyvet wrote:
IF you want to use batteries I would not use a 9V battery. Using 6 AA in a battery pack would be OK, but the LED strips in the falcon will drain a 9V battery pretty quickly.

Carl



Ah yes, due to the low mah - thanks for the tip!
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