|  | | 
11-21-2010, 10:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Europe | | | can a cabinet drain the bass batteries..
Sign in to disble this ad
.. if the bass is standing right next to it (by its side, not in front of it)?
I have a mesa boogie 412 powerhouse cabinet if that helps...
strange question maybe but still want to know the answer..  |
11-21-2010, 10:55 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada | | | No!
__________________
Paul
|
11-21-2010, 10:57 AM
|  | amateur tube amp hoarder
Endorsing Artist: J Worrell Pickups / J Worrell Bass | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Dayton OH | | Leaving a bass plugged in can.  |
11-21-2010, 11:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Europe | | Quote:
Originally Posted by christw  Leaving a bass plugged in can. | yup Quote:
Originally Posted by BassmanPaul No! | are you saying this because the cabinet is isolated and the magnetism of the speaker do not affect the battery or what? i really would like to know. |
11-21-2010, 12:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | Don't leave a cable plugged into the output jack of an active bass...that drains the batteries.
Sitting it next to anything does not.
__________________
"...awesome as a monkey wearing a tuxedo made of bacon, riding on a unicorn!'"
|
11-21-2010, 12:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 60° 36' 0 N 21° 25' 60 E | | | if your bass is plugged even when you are not playing it that drains the batteries!
__________________
G&L Club Member #59, Warwick Club Member #310
VT Bass Club Member #107, Zoom Owners Club #76
|
11-21-2010, 12:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Europe | | i know that.
but i also know that magnetism drains batteries. i am doing this question because i place my bass parallel to my cabinet, standing only a finger away from it!
do you understand now? maybe a picture can help in this  |
11-21-2010, 12:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Leeds, England | | | I don't think it would be close enough to the magnet for it to really be a problem.
__________________
English | Metal | Long Hair | GK 1001RB-II/Laney Nexus NX410
[insert witty quote here]
|
11-21-2010, 12:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | Um, no. Magnetic fields fall off quickly: http://www.ehow.com/about_5449847_fast-magnets.html
"...magnetism decreases as the cube of the distance. This means that the influence of most magnets is only a few inches."
See also: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...1133458AAFoxEY
(Can magnetism drain batteries?)
"If the magnet is an electromagnet powered by the battery, yes.
If you use a conducting magnet to short-circuit the terminals of a battery, yes.
If the magnet is strong enough to physically deform the battery, yes.
Otherwise, it's likely to have no effect."
__________________
"...awesome as a monkey wearing a tuxedo made of bacon, riding on a unicorn!'"
|
11-21-2010, 12:27 PM
| | Registered User
Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | yeah, that's something to be really concerned about, seeing as how a battery can cost upwards of $2.50. hey, my grandpa has a pacemaker. should he stick to only piezo pickups? 
__________________
Ampeg Portaflex Club #1
|
11-21-2010, 01:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Europe | | Quote:
Originally Posted by somegeezer I don't think it would be close enough to the magnet for it to really be a problem. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Pilgrim Um, no. Magnetic fields fall off quickly: http://www.ehow.com/about_5449847_fast-magnets.html
"...magnetism decreases as the cube of the distance. This means that the influence of most magnets is only a few inches."
See also: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...1133458AAFoxEY
(Can magnetism drain batteries?)
"If the magnet is an electromagnet powered by the battery, yes.
If you use a conducting magnet to short-circuit the terminals of a battery, yes.
If the magnet is strong enough to physically deform the battery, yes.
Otherwise, it's likely to have no effect." | thanks for this, i can rest my mind now. Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM yeah, that's something to be really concerned about, seeing as how a battery can cost upwards of $2.50. hey, my grandpa has a pacemaker. should he stick to only piezo pickups? | having a bass die in a middle of a gig because of a battery is not worth it, that is why i asked.. and only my musicman battery can be switched fast enough, otherwise i have to take lots of screws
out and ten put them on again.
but it seems i am fine so thanks to all of you |
11-21-2010, 01:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada | | | The electronics in my basses draw little current from the batteries. Most have 18V supplies. I find it easiest if I change all my batteries every time the clocks go forward or back. i've never had one go dead in the middle of a gig. There's always a pack of fresh batteries in my cable tote.
__________________
Paul
|
11-21-2010, 01:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM yeah, that's something to be really concerned about, seeing as how a battery can cost upwards of $2.50. hey, my grandpa has a pacemaker. should he stick to only piezo pickups? | +1 |
11-21-2010, 01:35 PM
| | Registered User
Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | just change your battery every 6 months and you'll be fine.
__________________
Ampeg Portaflex Club #1
|
11-21-2010, 03:37 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: T.Rez, Canada | | Greetings from the North,
And never leave a 412 in your car overnight. Car batteries even cost more. Just kidding...... The magnets wil not drain energy from your active bass battery. Now recording tape........
Rezdog |
11-21-2010, 03:55 PM
|  | I took the one less traveled by | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | | Batteries Are chemistry based. They do not get drained by magnetism. Whoever told you that doesn't know what he's talking about. |
11-21-2010, 04:14 PM
|  | My Dog is on 'Shrooms | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: La Jolla, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM yeah, that's something to be really concerned about, seeing as how a battery can cost upwards of $2.50. hey, my grandpa has a pacemaker. should he stick to only piezo pickups? |
Dude....
__________________
MarkBass Club #72 - Fender MIA Club #37 - Rickenbacker Club#160 -
Ampeg Club #6 - Fender Jazz Club #35 |
11-21-2010, 05:28 PM
| | Registered User
Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | hey, it was 4 in the morning. sometimes i get like that.
__________________
Ampeg Portaflex Club #1
|
11-21-2010, 05:38 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM yeah, that's something to be really concerned about, seeing as how a battery can cost upwards of $2.50. hey, my grandpa has a pacemaker. should he stick to only piezo pickups? | Not to worry...the microwave ovens will do him in first.
Riis
__________________
"20% of the money will buy you 90% of the sound..another 30% of the money will buy you another 5% of the sound..you can't buy the remaining 5% of the sound because nobody can agree about what it is." |
11-21-2010, 05:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Westfield, MA, USA | | f-----g magnets. How do they work? 
__________________
faster than a laser bullet
louder than an atom bomb
| | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | |
