DIY Vagabond II

I got tired of waiting for the vagabond 2 from PCB to come off of backorder, so I went the DIY route , 600 watts cont. 1200 watts max 12v sealed 20AH , 8AWG cables...no fuse yet..I'll be doing a breaker anyway!

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• Vagabond
• II
• ab800
• arri
• DIY
• portable
• power
• RomanoDesign
• photo
• shoot

[lilmanthehound]

How much shoot time can you get on a full charge with this?

[oybproductions]

@lilmanthehound on a time lapse i did to verify i got 1536 shots with 2 ab800 before the battery grips 2 batts died first!

[AccidentalBroadcast]

could you daisy chain a few of those batteries to make a longer lasting cell? Any downfalls?

[oybproductions]

@AccidentalBroadcast you could but then that would knock down the portability a bit! It would be better instead to go with a deep cycle marine battery in that case.at least all the weight would be in one cell case.

[a2rob]

Cool Information!



[oybproductions]

@a2rob thanks

[oybproductions]

@AccidentalBroadcast thanksalot!

[oybproductions]

@lilmanthehound did a time lapse with 2 ab800's flash at half power got 1536 pics verifying flash...until both batteries in my t2i grip died first!

[oybproductions]

@AccidentalBroadcast yes you can as long as the inverter can take the input voltage ie 12 -48 volts

[AccidentalBroadcast]

great DIY!