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CameraWiz
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Okay so we are looking to do urban and have lights and a generator already but generators are loud at night so is there any other way to power these lights?
Jan 26 2015 12:30AM
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caucasian_chad
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Not unless you can poach electricity from an outdoor outlet. Get a long extension cord so you can try and put the generator somewhere where the noise is muffled, we used to do that just to avoid generator noise in our shots.
Jan 26 2015 12:33AM
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John18_6
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I've always had the idea of a car battery with a power inverter. then you just charge the battery after use.
Jan 26 2015 12:34AM
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caucasian_chad
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john18061806I've always had the idea of a car battery with a power inverter. then you just charge the battery after use.


It won't last long. Proper lighting for filming sucks a lot of juice. Plus you would need an inverter that costs about as much as a generator to run lights, or lights wired for DC.
Jan 26 2015 12:38AM
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CameraWiz
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So should we just roll with a generator?
Jan 26 2015 1:03AM
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