[Frameworks] Bolex EL Power question

[Jean-Louis Seguin]

If you're not using the camera often, you can power it from a 12V lantern battery available everywhere for around $15.
They are not rechargeable but rated at 7Ah, so you have plenty of power for hours and hours of running.

Jean-Louis

On 2014-09-19, at 11:40 AM, Dominic Angerame wrote:

> Thanks all for your suggestions. I had the battery fully charged yesterday and tried to run the camera. The camera would not pull a 100 ft roll of film. I just heard a clicking sound sort of like a Rex5 doing single frames. However, the camera was on 18fps. This morning I plug in the battery once more and the camera lite indicated no charge. So it appears to be a batery issue. I have not used this camera in more than two years. I never realized that a NiCad battery would just go bad when not used often. I guess its like a battery in a car going bad if not turned over in a long time. Is that correct and forgive my ignorance. I am just not up to speed, so to speak, with electronics.
> 
> 
> Dominic
> 
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
> What does the charge meter do when you turn the camera on?
> Don't worry about what it does when the camera isn't rolling, worry about
> what it does when the motor is on.
> 
> If you have left that AGM battery on the shelf for a year or two without
> keeping it charged, it will be time to replace it.
> --scott
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