Powering Fluorescent Bulb(s) from 14.8 Volt Battery

[Joe Taylor]

Have a quick shot I need to pick up past magic hour coming up this Friday, and ideally I would be able to supplement existing light with a soft source household fluorescent bulb or bulbs and power them with a 14.8 v-lock battery. Can anybody offer any quick suggestions and how we can achieve this shot?

 

[Michael Hastings]

Have a quick shot I need to pick up past magic hour coming up this Friday, and ideally I would be able to supplement existing light with a soft source household fluorescent bulb or bulbs and power them with a 14.8 v-lock battery. Can anybody offer any quick suggestions and how we can achieve this shot?

You can get an inverter from home depot for about $40 that should handle it fine.

 

[Joe Taylor]

Hello Michael. So I would need to to find a way to pass the 12 volt power from the battery through the inverter? Some sort of an adapter I assume. Where would I find that?

 

[Terry VerHaar]

Hello Michael. So I would need to to find a way to pass the 12 volt power from the battery through the inverter? Some sort of an adapter I assume. Where would I find that?

The right inverter will be have clamps to attach to the battery - car battery would be great - and then just plug the lights in the 3 prong outlet.

EDIT: Oh, missed the v-mount part. You'll need to find cable/plug adaptors; millions of possible combinations depending on your set-up.

 

[Eric M Hurt]

Lots of green in those household florescent bulbs and most are going to be much cooler than your sunset light. Make sure to have some various CTO and minus green gels handy.

 

[Joe Taylor]

Hey Eric and Terry. We intend to shoot after sunset, when the existing light is very cool. I'll likely buy a marine battery to power the lights.

 

[Eric M Hurt]

Hey Eric and Terry. We intend to shoot after sunset, when the existing light is very cool. I'll likely buy a marine battery to power the lights.

Good call on the marine battery. That will last ya a while.

 

[Ted Parkes]

There are some small inexpensive LED lights out there.. Might be an easier solution for less then the price of a marine battery.

some thing like this
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/878126-REG/genaray_led_6800_256_lamp_dimmable_led.html