Headhunter wrote: Vintage, got pics? I ended up getting a Dewalt Worksite radio/charger which runs on a lithium ion 18.1volt battery. That's good for about 2 days of sailing/music before recharging. It's mildly water resistant but I wouldn't want to submerge the thing.
http://www.dewalt.com/tools/cordless-radiochargers-radio-charger-dc011.aspx
Yup, I do now. I don't know if I'll leave them up for very long but here they are.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76973867@N00/5593726529/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76973867@N00/5594314036/
Edited by vintagemilano on Apr 05, 2011 - 10:32 PM.
Yurdle - Brilliant! I now have a project next winter. If you will at some point list the speaker brand you used since they are validated to seal the port on a "roll". Did you hang the mp3 player inside the cat bag with the T-amp as well??
This is too cool....
When I chose the speakers, I opted for cheap, b/c to me that meant 'replaceable'....sadly it never occurred to me that at the point I'd damaged a speaker I'd have likely sunk the boat as well.
I used Boss MR50W...they were even cheaper at the time.
Yep, I just drop the mp3 player into the bag with the amp. I pulled the amp out of it's housing (the standard funky trapezoid shape most T-amps come in) and put it in a radioshack hobby box, and ran the battery pack wire through the marine switch I mounted in the inspection port cover.
I leave the MP3 player (usually a sansa clip) on about 3/4 volume the whole time as I can't access the amp volume, and then use the kill switch on the cover as necessary.
Great - Thank you! :guitar:
I got one of these:
Way more lo-fi, but it's cheap and does the job. I stick my droid in it, turn on pandora, and let it play all day.
Edited by flaco on May 19, 2011 - 05:05 PM.
Flaco,
How's the sound on that unit? Does it loud enough? and how long do the batteries last?
flaco wrote: I got one of these:
Hey I like the looks of this thing, I couldn't tell by the Amazon description, does it have it's own batteries? Otherwise seems like it would run the phone down pretty quick.
I gotta say that if that had been in existence when I started my project I might have gone that route. It's exactly what I was looking for originally, and when I couldn't find it, everything snowballed.
i got this for my boat
water resisntant (i added some heavy duty plastic to keep serious waves out), 6 D batts, audio in (ipod), sounds great, loud enough, batts last at least 2 weekends, probably more
a bit heavy but i can handle it
These are listed on ebay for $30.
I just ordered one. Gonna give it a shot.
gcamick wrote: Flaco,
How's the sound on that unit? Does it loud enough? and how long do the batteries last?
I've only had it out once, but a fresh set of AA's still had juice after about 3 hrs. The sound is not great, but a little better than I expected (I keep my expectations low on stuff like this). It's never loud enough, but turned all the way up, it was a good volume for a leisure cruise.