Help needed for outdoor stereo with no electricity


We have a family lake picnic pavilion about 2 miles from the nearest power pole. I'm no electrical engineer and could use some help.

-for power I have
Sealed Deep-Cycle Interstate battery
12V 33AH
@20 hour rate to 1.75VPC and 77deg. Farenheit


-to convert to AC I have a 300 watt DC to AC power inverter
it has two AC outlets

-for a source I plan to use my Apple Ipod
it is powered by its own battery

I would like to use a standard 30 watt/ channel stereo receiver to power some box speakers.

Will this work?
Could it play for 3 or 4 hours at normal listening levels?
holzhauer

Showing 1 response by twl

In a word,maybe. But likely not.

The 12vdc battery has, according to your specs, 33ah capacity.
When you convert this to 120vac via the inverter, this gives 3.3 amp/hour capacity at the needed line voltage for the receiver.

If the receiver is a 30wpc, and requires more than its output to drive, then it will be around 100w to run. If you don't turn it up too loud, and it only draws maybe 60 watts, then you might have a chance.

If it draws only about 60 watts at the volume you decide to play at, that would be only about 1/2 and amp at 120vac, so you might get about 3 hours out of it before the voltage drops too low in the battery.

But your other problem will be that the inverter you have is probably a modified sinewave type, which will put all kinds of hash and noise on the line, which will come out the speakers.

I'd try a "dry run" first,in your home, to see if it will work out the way you want.