2011Batteries/Power forum
Adapting V-lock battery plates to accept 24V instead of 12V batteries
15 years old. Gear and prices may have changed since.
What the thread found
- A standard 12V V-lock battery plate can be modified to accept 24V V-lock batteries by altering the pin configuration and adding mechanical blocks to prevent incompatible batteries from being inserted.
- The modified 24V plate uses pinout 1 (ground), 3 (24V), and 4 (charging), with pin 5 absent and physical protrusions added to prevent 12V batteries from fitting.
- Using 24V batteries on camera support sleds reduces the need for frequent battery changes when powering 12V equipment through the sled's power distribution system.
- A 3-pin LEMO connector can be used to deliver 24V and ground from an external battery plate to the sled's power outputs.
Depends on
- The modification requires careful verification of pinout specifications before implementation.
- The plate shown was not yet anodized at the time of posting.
- This approach assumes the camera support sled has available 24V power outputs.
- Users should disconnect existing power connections before modifying battery plates.