help needed with portable 240v power

[jamesoliverstone]

Hi all, I have a shoot coming up where I would like to use a smoke machine, but there will be no mains electricity.

The smoke machine is 700W and runs of AC 230V 50HZ.

I have tried looking for portable power solutions but none of the consumer ones seem to be beefy enough.

Can anyone suggest an alternative as to how I could power this on location?

Also, do you think I might be able to power it of my lencarta battery generator? Probably not, but worth considering?

 

[fezzr]

2 second google turned this up?

edit just to say it depends what you mean by portable and you dont specify that it needs to be portable.

 

[jamesoliverstone]

2 second google turned this up?

Sorry my bad, I should have said that I dont want to fork out hundreds of quid on a generator or anything like that, I am trying to keep costs to a minimum... sorry

 

[andrewc]

hss.com

 

[itsdavedotnet]

http://www.innovatronix.com/explorerxt.asp looks like a good solution both for flashes and smoke machines (though be careful of mains power outside, obv...)

http://www.hss.com/g/41103/Generator-2-2-5kva-Petrol.html something like this should do the trick... might want to run 100m of extension reel to it or something though, and dump it a fair distance away, so you can hear yourself think

 

[susie]

Loads of places will hire generators from £25 so its not got to break the bank

 

[jamesoliverstone]

Doh, of course I forgot about hiring one for the shoot

Many thanks all, I shall pop to the local hire place

 

[HoppyUK]

Doh, of course I forgot about hiring one for the shoot

Many thanks all, I shall pop to the local hire place

Yeah, hire a genie. I don't think there's a battery pack on earth that will do 700w continuously. This side of a milk float.

Honda genies are the business, lighter and quieter than most. You will need more than the marked output to drive 700w though. I would take it along and try it.

 

[Tricky69]

remeber H&S with a genny ... petrol storage, no indoor use etc

sorry to use the H&S word :thumbsdown: but it needs to be considered at least

also consider that the smoke machine will use a lot less power when it's up to temp , if you can work that into the equation somehow :shrug: i.e. warm it up, then run it off an inverter/leisure battery for the shoot ? you can run the engine on your car with the inverter attatched to the car battery to warm it up. lots of ways around it

 

[treeman]

You can hire portable ones from here http://www.smokemachines.net/hire-smoke-machines.shtml

Saves faffing about with noisy genny and cables!

 

[Chaz Photos]

you can get Gen one like this for £130.64
Or go for an inverter like this for less then £50