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Eileen Ryan
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Lighting a car interior
Lighting a car interior
A better alternative to the lighter socket is a "Battverter" - which is a Battery/Inverter system. A "Battverter"system consists of a 12V DC power source (usually Marine Cells or motorcycle batteries), a DC-to–AC True Sine Wave Power Inverter, and a Battery Charger. Wire these components into a compact Anvil Road Case and you can put it on the floor in the back of the car. To maximize the running time on the batteries, I would suggest making up a lightweight "jumper cable" that you can securely attach to the leads of the car's battery. That way the engine alternator will charge the batteries as they are being discharged by the lights. Tie–ing the BattVerter into a vehicle engine can greatly extend the life of the batteries so that you never run out of power.
I've even used BattVerters to power lights in remote field applications. I use the engine to run the lights during set up and rehearsals. When it comes time to shoot, I shut off the engine and continue to run the lights on the silent BattVerter alone. Running the vehicle engine between takes charges the batteries so that they will run lights all day or night.
Use the link below for a more elaborate Battverter system that we built to run four 4' 4 bank kinos to light a shuttle bus for the upcoming feature "Shuttle" that was shot here in Boston on the Viper. The production stills show you pretty much how we wired it into the shuttle bus.
http://www.screenlightandgrip.com/html/hdfilmstrip4lg.html
Keep in mind that when voltage goes down, amperage goes up. All wire that carries 12V DC has to be sized accordingly. For instance to supply 12 volts to the 1800W inverter used on the shuttle bus required that we run 2 ought feeder to the buses' alternator. Also be sure that the altenator is large enough to take the load witout burning out. On our rig we were able to run the four 4' 4 Bank Kinos all night without the batteries ever running out.
Eileen Ryan, Boston
Lighting a car interior
A better alternative to the lighter socket is a "Battverter" - which is a Battery/Inverter system. A "Battverter"system consists of a 12V DC power source (usually Marine Cells or motorcycle batteries), a DC-to–AC True Sine Wave Power Inverter, and a Battery Charger. Wire these components into a compact Anvil Road Case and you can put it on the floor in the back of the car. To maximize the running time on the batteries, I would suggest making up a lightweight "jumper cable" that you can securely attach to the leads of the car's battery. That way the engine alternator will charge the batteries as they are being discharged by the lights. Tie–ing the BattVerter into a vehicle engine can greatly extend the life of the batteries so that you never run out of power.
I've even used BattVerters to power lights in remote field applications. I use the engine to run the lights during set up and rehearsals. When it comes time to shoot, I shut off the engine and continue to run the lights on the silent BattVerter alone. Running the vehicle engine between takes charges the batteries so that they will run lights all day or night.
Use the link below for a more elaborate Battverter system that we built to run four 4' 4 bank kinos to light a shuttle bus for the upcoming feature "Shuttle" that was shot here in Boston on the Viper. The production stills show you pretty much how we wired it into the shuttle bus.
http://www.screenlightandgrip.com/html/hdfilmstrip4lg.html
Keep in mind that when voltage goes down, amperage goes up. All wire that carries 12V DC has to be sized accordingly. For instance to supply 12 volts to the 1800W inverter used on the shuttle bus required that we run 2 ought feeder to the buses' alternator. Also be sure that the altenator is large enough to take the load witout burning out. On our rig we were able to run the four 4' 4 Bank Kinos all night without the batteries ever running out.
Eileen Ryan, Boston