Running your Amps off-grid

57Deluxe

The desire to secrete myself away in a remote spot and immerse myself in my music away from the daily nonsense is overwhelming right now. However to achieve this means compromise like being off-grid for all your services, so what systems would be viable to be able to run your amps your usual ancillaries and of course your domestics?

BillDL

Some young transient people on less than minimum wage working shifts and furiously pedalling cycling machines fitted with powerful dynamos?

57Deluxe

BillDL said:

Some young transient people on less than minimum wage working shifts and furiously pedalling cycling machines fitted with powerful dynamos?

Treadmills could actually be reinstated as they were in Pentonville Prison in 1800's

guitargeek62

Surely the simplest option is something like the Boss Katana Go, and a pair of headphones?

OilCityPickups

Steam powered off grid generator ... perfek! Runs on anything that burns ...

MaxA867

According to a cursory Google search;

“ The amount of electricity you can generate using a pedal-powered generator depends on a number of biological factors, like your age and fitness level, as well as the efficiency of the generator you are using. An average person capable of producing a sustained power output of 100 W can expect to generate from 31 to 74 W, depending on the efficiency of the generator system.”  

So you should be fine with an AC30, or a Deluxe Reverb. Provided you can pedal and noodle at the same time. 

springhead

MaxA867 said:

According to a cursory Google search;

“ The amount of electricity you can generate using a pedal-powered generator depends on a number of biological factors, like your age and fitness level, as well as the efficiency of the generator you are using. An average person capable of producing a sustained power output of 100 W can expect to generate from 31 to 74 W, depending on the efficiency of the generator system.”  

So you should be fine with an AC30, or a Deluxe Reverb. Provided you can pedal and noodle at the same time. 

Dunno, I reckon you’d struggle there. In the AC30 the EL84’s will be pulling about 20W just for the heaters. Another half a dozen watts for the ECC83’s.  It’s going to be less than 50% efficient so over 60W to make 30W out and it’ll be doing a good chunk of that all that time as the valves will be biased at a fairly high percentage of max dissipation.  Give Mark Cavendish a call, see if he’ll come and peddle while you play!

snowblind

Portable nuclear isotope generator.

Or a THRII plus one of those solar panel car chargers to keep it topped up. Lithium motorcycle battery for your pedals. Easy.

blobb

You might need one of these....

Kittyfrisk

So you want to secrete yourself away in a remote spot & make amplified guitar noise?
Hmmmm... OK.

digitalscream

Best option is to buy gear that's suited to the task. A 1W amp will be way more than enough for home volumes - that can run off a solar + battery + inverter system without any trouble.

Pedals can be run from a USB C power bank into a Harley Benton isolated PSU (for example - mine takes 12V, which a USB C PD power bank can put out). Get a solar one, and it's free.

And, if you use something like a ToneX ONE on your board, it can also run into headphones.

Secret_Sam

Petrol generator and a very long cable so your amp doesn't get drowned out by the racket it makes.  That's the standard at Afrika Burn, which is in the middle of a desert. Not the greenest or most portable of solutions, but it works. 

The generator can provide lights, device charging and ice makers.  However, boiling a kettle requires about two kilowatts, so you will need gas for cooking unless your generator is truck-sized.

If you are very off grid, wood for a campfire, barbecues and water heating (unless you like cold showers). 

p90fool

Buy an acoustic guitar. 
 
You can burn it to generate power

MaxA867

springhead said:

MaxA867 said:

According to a cursory Google search;

“ The amount of electricity you can generate using a pedal-powered generator depends on a number of biological factors, like your age and fitness level, as well as the efficiency of the generator you are using. An average person capable of producing a sustained power output of 100 W can expect to generate from 31 to 74 W, depending on the efficiency of the generator system.”  

So you should be fine with an AC30, or a Deluxe Reverb. Provided you can pedal and noodle at the same time. 

Dunno, I reckon you’d struggle there. In the AC30 the EL84’s will be pulling about 20W just for the heaters. Another half a dozen watts for the ECC83’s.  It’s going to be less than 50% efficient so over 60W to make 30W out and it’ll be doing a good chunk of that all that time as the valves will be biased at a fairly high percentage of max dissipation.  Give Mark Cavendish a call, see if he’ll come and peddle while you play!

Ah fair enough, perhaps downgrade to a Princeton or an AC15. 

To be fair I would 100% watch that as an olympic cycling discipline  - what’s the beefiest amp you can power with a pedal generator and for how long? The heavyweight category being a 200 watt Marshall Major. 

Dav275

Perhaps something like this?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Panana-Electronic-Generator-Adventure-Emergency/dp/B0C1SQNR1L/ref=sr_1_3?sr=8-3

Could add a solar panel for recharging, if you needed longer duration.

PolarityMan

just run an extension lead from the neighbours

springhead

MaxA867 said:

springhead said:

MaxA867 said:

According to a cursory Google search;

“ The amount of electricity you can generate using a pedal-powered generator depends on a number of biological factors, like your age and fitness level, as well as the efficiency of the generator you are using. An average person capable of producing a sustained power output of 100 W can expect to generate from 31 to 74 W, depending on the efficiency of the generator system.”  

So you should be fine with an AC30, or a Deluxe Reverb. Provided you can pedal and noodle at the same time. 

Dunno, I reckon you’d struggle there. In the AC30 the EL84’s will be pulling about 20W just for the heaters. Another half a dozen watts for the ECC83’s.  It’s going to be less than 50% efficient so over 60W to make 30W out and it’ll be doing a good chunk of that all that time as the valves will be biased at a fairly high percentage of max dissipation.  Give Mark Cavendish a call, see if he’ll come and peddle while you play!

Ah fair enough, perhaps downgrade to a Princeton or an AC15. 

To be fair I would 100% watch that as an olympic cycling discipline  - what’s the beefiest amp you can power with a pedal generator and for how long? The heavyweight category being a 200 watt Marshall Major. 

There’s a video somewhere, YouTube, of one of the world class cycle sprinters powering a toaster! He was flat out for long enough to toast a slice of bread.  I think they push upto a kilowatt in those final sprint finishes.  

EricTheWeary

Have a look at solar power battery banks, Jackery is one the brands I know. Not necessarily a cheap option but once you've invested a few hundred quid you could power an amp for a while off the power of the sun. 

HAL9000

MaxA867 said:

springhead said:

MaxA867 said:

According to a cursory Google search;

“ The amount of electricity you can generate using a pedal-powered generator depends on a number of biological factors, like your age and fitness level, as well as the efficiency of the generator you are using. An average person capable of producing a sustained power output of 100 W can expect to generate from 31 to 74 W, depending on the efficiency of the generator system.”  

So you should be fine with an AC30, or a Deluxe Reverb. Provided you can pedal and noodle at the same time. 

Dunno, I reckon you’d struggle there. In the AC30 the EL84’s will be pulling about 20W just for the heaters. Another half a dozen watts for the ECC83’s.  It’s going to be less than 50% efficient so over 60W to make 30W out and it’ll be doing a good chunk of that all that time as the valves will be biased at a fairly high percentage of max dissipation.  Give Mark Cavendish a call, see if he’ll come and peddle while you play!

Ah fair enough, perhaps downgrade to a Princeton or an AC15. 

Or upgrade to a Lance Armstrong for enhanced performance.

MikeP

I can run my amp off a second hand uninterruptable power supply for computers and data centers etc for maybe forty minutes?