Yo, I’m looking to play some sets outside and I’m just wondering what gear I need.
One website I found says the prime 4 only consumes 38-39W.
These are the speakers: R1700BT
Would a generator like this work for 1.5-2 hours of use? If not, what should I get? https://www.amazon.ca/ROCKSOLAR-Portable-Station-Flashlight-Emergency/dp/B09Y68V4RQ/ref=zg_bs_6257186011_sccl_7/140-6796860-0959723?th=1
Thanks
The best thing to do is find the manual for the Prime 4 and check out its power draw.
If you have a look on Amazon for a portable power station then you’ll see some options that come up and many will be able to run both the speakers and P4. Probably get one that you can plug a few other things in too as you’ll realise you’d wished you’d wanted to have a few lights or phone charges added.
Look for Wh (watts per hour). Many I’ve seen can run 99w and aren’t too expensive. I can’t open your link where I am (just internet limitation).
Something I’ve stolen from the questions at the bottom of a listing as an example: Powkey 99Wh/ 27000mAh Portable Power Station,100W Camping Power Pack,Solar Generator with AC/DC/USB/Type C Outlet for Outdoors Camping Travel Fishing Emergency Power Supply https://amzn.eu/d/azbbgs7
Q1: How to know the working times for my device?
A1: Electrical power supply time ≈ Powkey power supply energy (Wh) x 0.85 (electricity conversion rate) ÷ your electrical power(W)
Battery charging times ≈ Powkey power supply capacity (mAh) x 0.85 (power conversion rate) ÷ your battery capacity (mAh)
For your information, if the power consumption of your device was 10W, The running time will be 99Wh*0.85/10W=8.5hrs (rough calculated).
The information on the user manuals are not accurate in this regard.
For the Prime 4 and 2 they state exactly the same power draw, even though the Prime 4 has a bigger screen and far more LEDs + OLEDs to drive.
As for my Live 4, they only state “12V, 3A” which is also labeled on the rear of the unit. But even with max brightness and the speakers set to 75% I could never peak beyond 18W.
The rest of your text is 100% spot on. Offtopic: My recommendation for anyone working with a Live 2, 4 or Mixstream: Get a XTPower(bank) and enjoy your super-portable setup with integrated speakers. Even the smaller XT-16000QC3 version can drive the Mixstream for 5-7 hours.
Yeah, I’ve not got my P4 with me (I’m travelling with my Prime Go) so not sure. At least yore a little more clear on it’s requirements. The LEDs shouldn’t rain too much more and OLEDs are lower powered as only the lit pixels draw power. It could be negligible between them surprisingly.
I pulled a random power station up (which actually has £30 off that with a voucher in the UK) to look at what they can deliver and they are falling quite a lot in price now.
Let us know how you get on with one. I’m intrigued.
18W - Interesting to know. I estimated around that amount however didn’t have a way of testing myself. I use this https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08ML1PHB2/ power bank, quite affordable and works well with this cable https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125443828372?var=426465641871
Aye and that’s only the peak, usually it hovers between 12-15W. The XTPower has an integrated display, showing the current draw. Additional info for anyone interested:
Your solution also works, since the power draw is pretty low, but in general I recommend avoiding 5V->12V converter cables and rather go for powerbanks which have an 12V option directly integrated, allowing you to push way more Ampere or at least have the reserves for that.
Mines not a 5-12v converter cable, the power bank outputs upto 20V-3.25A - the cable just facilitates the correct draw.
Oh, yes in that case, you will be fine 
