Powering LCD Monitor by battery?

PilotHal · Aug 22, 2013

Hello All;
I just purchased a 10.1" LCD monitor from ReadyMadeRC that I want to use as my ground station monitor.
I am interested in coming up with a way to power the monitor with a LiPo battery in order to make my rig totally portable.
Any ideas?
Here are the specs on the monitor:

Input Voltage: DC7-18V
Power Consumption: ≦10W
Power Supply: 12V 1200mA power supply with US prongs, accepts 100-240V, 50/60Hz

Thanks!
/Hal

OneStopRC · Aug 22, 2013

I run my 7 inch on a 3s 2200 Lipo, it will run for hours on that... Ohh my 5.8Ghz receiver is also on the same battery.

ProPilotWannaBe · Aug 22, 2013

deanot said:
I run my 7 inch on a 3s 2200 Lipo, it will run for hours on that... Ohh my 5.8Ghz receiver is also on the same battery.

I'm almost exactly like deanot... 7" monitor + 5.8GHz receiver from a 3S 2650 LiPo.... x2 (1 for pilot, 1 for camera op)

PilotHal · Aug 22, 2013

ProPilotWannaBe said:
I'm almost exactly like deanot... 7" monitor + 5.8GHz receiver from a 3S 2650 LiPo.... x2 (1 for pilot, 1 for camera op)

Cool! Thanks for the input. I'm currently investigating how I'm going to wire all this up to a 3S LiPo.
Thanks.

ProPilotWannaBe · Aug 22, 2013

PilotHal said:
Cool! Thanks for the input. I'm currently investigating how I'm going to wire all this up to a 3S LiPo.
Thanks.

The easiest way to do that is to find a monitor that uses as 12V DC input. The smaller the monitor, the higher the chances you will find one like that. By the time you get to 19" monitors, the chances of finding VDC run monitors begins to dwindle. But if it takes 12VDC input, then it's a straight forward battery connection. Otherwise you're looking at votage regulators or voltage step up/down stuff...

tstrike · Aug 22, 2013

View attachment 13308 View attachment 13309 View attachment 13310here's my basic poor mans fpv station.

PilotHal · Aug 22, 2013

I have a 10.1" monitor from ReadyMadeRC that is a 12V input monitor. So I think I understand what I have to do. Thanks!

PilotHal · Aug 22, 2013

tstrike said:
View attachment 16852 View attachment 16853 View attachment 16854here's my basic poor mans fpv station.

Your's looks like what I'm about to make for myself!!
I see that you have a power lead running in to the octopus cable that contains the video jacks. I saw in my ReadyMadeRC 10.1" monitor manual that that plug is indeed a power input to the monitor. From the looks of your images, that's correct. Does it work ok?

tstrike · Aug 22, 2013

PilotHal said:
Your's looks like what I'm about to make for myself!!
I see that you have a power lead running in to the octopus cable that contains the video jacks. I saw in my ReadyMadeRC 10.1" monitor manual that that plug is indeed a power input to the monitor. From the looks of your images, that's correct. Does it work ok?

works great, Kloner goes in and shortens all those cables coming out of the monitor but I'm not that adventurous. Make a 2 way power cable and some female to female rca jacks, hold it all together with some velcro and you're good to go.

OneStopRC · Aug 23, 2013

One other thing I do is put a volt alarm on my battery, I don't really want my rx and monitor going out on me while I am out of LOS.

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PilotHal · Aug 23, 2013

PilotHal said:
Your's looks like what I'm about to make for myself!!
I see that you have a power lead running in to the octopus cable that contains the video jacks. I saw in my ReadyMadeRC 10.1" monitor manual that that plug is indeed a power input to the monitor. From the looks of your images, that's correct. Does it work ok?

So here is my power harness for my RX and my monitor. Two 2.1mm barrel connectors soldered in parallel to an EC5. I believe I am good to go! I also included my 10.1" RMRC monitor. This setup is just waiting on a battery and a transmitter for my multirotor. Can't wait to get this going!

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Linuxsurfer · Sep 23, 2016

ProPilotWannaBe said:
I'm almost exactly like deanot... 7" monitor + 5.8GHz receiver from a 3S 2650 LiPo.... x2 (1 for pilot, 1 for camera op)

Any preference to brand and discharge rate

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