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working outside
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:44 am
by tdog
Hi folks,
anyone got any advice - professional or otherwise - regarding outside projections.
yesterday i hooked up my projector, laptop and midicontroller to my car battery using a 12volt - 230v inverter; which is supposed to run up to 600 watts - i got about 10 seconds in before it all died! ie the car battery went flat -
Anybody had/have experience in doing this can help?
It all seemed so simple in theory!
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Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:45 pm
by ilan
Use a gas powered generator.
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:31 pm
by sigmasix
yep, generator, but don't plug anything in it when you start the generator wait a bit before pluggin anything on it
you can burn your equipment otherwise...
working outside
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:49 am
by tdog
thanks guys,
it's what i thought. obvious next question - anyone recommend any particular small generators? need no more power than for laptop/couple of projectors/.
peace.
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:36 pm
by mowgli_uk
I'm sure that people have done this using batteries before. Do a search on
http://www.vjforums.com
working outside
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:57 pm
by tdog
thanks for the pointer -
will take a look.
And - in the meantime I found this; I think it's perfect for the job.
http://www.justgenerators.co.uk/pages/product85.htm
peace.
tdog
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:08 am
by lamepantallas
Ok, so we have the generator, what about the type of projector. I am preparing a gig and I was wondering how much projection space to be cast on a building(at night) could I get out of a 4500lumens projector. Any body know the math? Recommendations?
Thanks!
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:32 pm
by tdog
lamepantallas wrote:Ok, so we have the generator, what about the type of projector. I am preparing a gig and I was wondering how much projection space to be cast on a building(at night) could I get out of a 4500lumens projector. Any body know the math? Recommendations?
Thanks!
http://www.projectorcentral.com/project ... or-pro.cfm
tdog
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:50 pm
by tdog
tdog wrote:lamepantallas wrote:Ok, so we have the generator, what about the type of projector. I am preparing a gig and I was wondering how much projection space to be cast on a building(at night) could I get out of a 4500lumens projector. Any body know the math? Recommendations?
Thanks!
http://www.projectorcentral.com/project ... or-pro.cfmtdog
This one's interactive too!
http://www.screenstore.com/screensizeca ... ulator.cfm