Lighting for a building with no power

[WeFixIt]

You need some of these!!

 

5 LED - 975 Lumens

8 LED - 1600 Lumens

 

10-30volts

3 watts per LED

 

Magnetic mounted - allows you to easily move them around as needed !

 

12v leisure battery - made to withstand constant discharge & recharge

 

Trickle charge solar panel charge for each battery

 

This are pretty good for there size eg 10ft high good light for about 15 square

[scbk]

HI MATE there £65 there at toolstation but my mate got some the same for £36 inc vat :thumbup1:thanks local thanks jon

 

 

 

 

The toolstation price is the best going on the Nightsearcher

You can get cheaper rechargeable LED floodlights (£25 ebay) but you get what you pay for

[Macpherson]

Yes about £2300 for that model - what I meant to say is that you wouldn't need that size - just used as example.Have a look here Wind Generator 12V | eBay

That would do the job!!

[mendiplogs]

The toolstation price is the best going on the Nightsearcher

You can get cheaper rechargeable LED floodlights (£25 ebay) but you get what you pay for

 

Hi SCDK same as your link mate thanks Jon

[Ashes_Firewood]

Thanks for all the replies. Going to have to do some more research, LEDs sound good for this purpose with them not using as much power. I could even just get one and plug it in to the generator to give me an idea of how many I'm likely to need to light the whole building up

[muldonach]

Wire it up conventionally with 220V lamps, keep the power requirements as low as you can and use several switches so that you can decide exactly how much light you need in the building at any one time - i.e light it in sections rather than as a whole.

 

Run the demand side back to an isolation / changeover switch and arrange two supplies:-

 

1. A bank of deep cycle caravan batteries wired in parallel with any form of wind/solar chargers arranged to trickle charge. Size the battery bank according to the power required for your 3 hour full load demand and allow a bit of slack. These will need to be wired through a 12V-220V inverter

 

Batteries from tanya.co.uk or similar

 

2. A plug in source for an external 220V generator, this will allow you to run the lighting at any time you need and remove the possibility of battery run down leaviing you in the dark so to speak.

 

Make sure there is a good earth on the system.

 

Cheers

mac

[Logan]

For 12v LED's in 2 containers we use:

 

2 x leisure batteries (£200)

1 x 80w panel, 10A controller & frame (£200)

30m of cable & rat proof conduit to reach sunny spot (£200)

Bunch of enclosures, LED's, switches, etc (£200)

Time for set up (£200)

 

Total cost to run a handful of LED's =£2,473,998.02

 

The batteries and controller lasted about 2 or 3 years, on 2nd set now.

 

If we run generator, a battery charger is on too.

[turbull]

i live of grid using solar and wind turbine(rutland) they key is to have good batteries nd as many as poss I use deep cycle ones used in mobility scooters the more you pay the better you get. have a 12v lighting and inverter up to 240 for lap top phones tv etc .

[turbull]

use led strip lighting like in back of aa vans mobile workshop etc