UPS w/USB Charge ports

[rd2rk]

I have a Cyberpower CP1500PFCLCD, which has 2 front panel USB charge ports. Any reason I can't use these instead of the stock AC adapters?

[MusicLaw]

It will work fine!

[rd2rk]

So far the smoke hasn't escaped from either unit, so you must be right!

[jbuhajla]

It's all 5VDC, so the smoke will stay in them. 

[rd2rk]

UPDATE:

 

No smoke, but lots of very weird noise, including a strange ticking sound. Back to the wall warts!

[MusicLaw]

What else might you have plugged into the Cyberpower unit? Or, on the same circuit the Cyberpower powered from?

 

It could also be a nearby source of Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), that is more apt at intruding into the Cyberpowered items, than simply via the wall warts.

 

Another option is to go with a rechargeable lithium USB battery pack. These are becoming significantly more affordable and with higher power capacities. I've been using one of these for months, to power and recharge my G10. It works great, and is also works to power/recharge any USB device Smartphone, Tablet, etc.

[rd2rk]

There's no noise on any of the other devices plugged into it, and it totally worked to get rid of the noise coming in thru the surge strips I'd been using (reason I bought it). My guess is that the USB ports bypass all filtering. I suppose I could plug the wall warts straight into a wall socket to test that, but who cares. They're into one of the surge strips that the UPS replaced, and no noise, so it's all good. Having the USB ports was just a plus, I'd have bought the unit anyway. 

 

The Lithium USB pack does sound like a good gig solution. How long will they run the G10 for? Would I need one for each G10, or will one power two G10's long enough for an all night gig?

[MusicLaw]

Even the smallest ones I've seen would easily power the G10 for at least one gig.

 

The G10 Receiver Base's current draw is very low. As I recollect, it was only about 300mah.

 

Every one of the rechargeable units will have it's mAh rating somewhere printed on the packaging or the unit itself. Get the largest capacity version that makes sense price wise and for your use. The one's I prefer are the flat slab formats. These work well as a pedal base for the G10 Receiver to rest on, and that allows the USB power lead to be kept short. Many of the reasonably priced units are now well up to 20,000mAh capacity. And the ones around 12,000 to 15,000mAh are really cheap.

 

Any of the packs with multiple simultaneously usable USB jacks will do the job to power multiple G10s. The only logistical issue would be power cabling to the additional G10 Base unit(s), and running the respective audio cabling to from G10 to its respective amp, board, MFX unit, etc. For me, I would go with multiple battery packs. That way you could use one for each G10 postioned precisely as you wish to optimize all cabling runs. And, you would have backup/redundancy.

 

Check Amazon, as they have had a proliferation of these battery packs on sale during the past year, and you'll see plenty of ratings. I've now got a couple of the RavPower packs and they're great. Both were on sale when I bought them, and they include two cables one about 8" that is perfect for use with the G10, and another about 2 feet.