Can a gamecube run off a 12v battery?

[Hubbawhat]

Hello I'm new to both the gamecube modding scene and this site and I was wondering can you run a gamecube off of 12.6v on a rev c motherboard? Seeing as the gamecube runs off of 12v from the standard gamecube power I would assume that it could run off a 12.6v battery as well, no?

[iamdablasta]

Hello I'm new to both the gamecube modding scene and this site and I was wondering can you run a gamecube off of 12.6v on a rev c motherboard? Seeing as the gamecube runs off of 12v from the standard gamecube power I would assume that it could run off a 12.6v battery as well, no?

With a regulator you can run it from anything you want, with possible small power loss though.
0.6 v is probably within the acceptable range, but I give no guarantees not having tried it.

A regulator is good to have anyways as to make sure the voltage is stable (The adjustable ones are pretty sweet, can be used for many projects).

[Hubbawhat]

Cool but do you think I could power it without a regulator?

[novenary]

As long as the battery is correctly protected you can plug it in place of the wall wart.

[Hubbawhat]

Cool thanks. I was looking at a 12.6v li-ion battery 9800mAh today with PCB. How long will that last running the gamecube?

[novenary]

The Cube is rated for 39W max, so about three hours on full load.

[iamdablasta]

The Cube is rated for 39W max, so about three hours on full load.

Which isn't half bad either :o
Also, you could also wire two batteries in parallel to double the capacity. that'd be six hours ^^
Although could be expensive.

[Hubbawhat]

I will definitely take the 3 hours. I actually did not expect that long of a battery life
Thank for the info guys this will definitely help on my Gamecube Portable project! Already got screen set up ^^

[megalomaniac]

39w rating is with the DVD drive...
eliminate the drive and you decrease consumption...

[novenary]

Yeah, if you use a Wasp, you'll get even moar battery life.