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I want to light up a large area quite brightly for an evening function at an event but don't have electricity on site. It maybe a little windy too.
Anyone know any products (gas etc) that will do this?
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| If you can have electric lights IC go for a leisure battery (the ones they put in caravans) and a solar panel with lights attached to it. The panel will charge the battery through the day (and can also charge your mobiles and may even power your laptops etc if you have the right adapters) and the battery should last through the dark hours. At one of the early waypoints we had a scout tent (medium sized marquee) lit by one of these rigs with two small fluorescent tubes - one at each side of the tent. You may need more than one rig for your area, though, and I think they are still quite expensive. Or you could be less environmentally friendly and hire a generator to power everything off. Alternatively, if you are looking at an event which is more historic/fantasy and not modern/sci fi then you should be looking at lanterns of some form to stop the wind from affecting them. Oil lamps give the brightest light, I think, so some form of storm lantern may be useful. You can also get lanterns that fit tea lights and normal candles. You will never get the same level of light with oil/gas/candles that you get with electric lights but you will get enough to see by if you put enough of them in there. Hang at least one of the brightest lanterns on the ceiling for every few metres square of floorspace to make sure you get max coverage. You can also now get wind up electric lanterns (check Millets, I saw a load of them in there on Monday when I was there) some of which may look IC enough not to worry about if they are hanging from a ceiling (ok, they are plastic and close up look shite but if they are hanging above your head you may not notice or care). The wind up bit means you don't need to worry too much about batteries for the event.
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Cheers for that!
Much appreciated!
I am specifically look for non-electrical and was hoping that maybe there was some form of spot light rig that ran off a gas bottle. Torches and lanterns don't quite do enough to light the place up for what I have in mind.
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Not a spot light, but I've a petrol lantern that is stupidly bright (similar to a hundred or hundred and fifty watt bulb). Bought from Bristol camping / army surplace for forty quid. Heats my boat (or my small marquee) great too.
A pint of unleaded last about an hour, maybe a bit more, and I'm sure you could rig a simple reflector out of cheap mirrors to make the light more directed...
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If you want really bright, try Carbide lights (they're really good fun as well)
or any kind of gas or paraffin lamp with a mantle
I've had a paraffin mantle lamp next to a normal paraffin lamp, the mantle light was much, much brighter
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Most gas/liquid fuel/electric lanterns have a fuel reservoir/battery compartment underneath them, so they throw a shadow below the light when suspended. The only one I know that doesn't is the Bullfinch, if it's still available. It's more of an industrial light than domestic/camping & very bright (equiv to 150W electric). They'll run of Calor butane (probably propane too) but they use a high pressure regulator.
If you're forced back onto electric lights from a genny, I suggest you use festoons rather than high power floods, as the light is much more even.
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Pressure lamps run on kerosene or lamp oil, and give off very bright light. There have been models which were meant to be suspended, so they have the oil resevoir mounted above the 'bulb' where the vapour is burned, so no shadows there. They might be a bit difficult to find, though, and the problem with shadows could also be solved by using multiple lamps and reflectors. Some brands to look for are Coleman's, Petromax, Aida and Primus.
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