need to put power in a van

afatbollix

hello

Im making a ob Van and it will need alot of power. 12 tvs, a dvd recorder, a pc, etc etc etc

in total ill need about 20 plugs..

now some venues will have power on tap what is the standerd?

and the generater option? whats the option? lol

sorry i really have no idea what im on about and sort of forgot about this problum...

is there anyone who is a motorhome sparky in dublin who would know these sort of things...
would i be able to do it myself? im on a really tight budget and as i allready said forgot about it and i think this will put us over budget

any help would be great
anto

peasant

In order of rising cost:

You wire everything for 230V, put a 230v socket on your van and only use your gizmos where you can get enough 230v current to run it all (kinda pointless)

You wire everything for 230V and get yourself a good quality (ie. expensive) sine wave generator, that produces enough current to feed it all and in a clear sine wave, so that it doesn't fry your sensitive equipment. You can only use your equipment where you can run he genny (semi-pointless)

You do it properly, with a bank of big batteries, a rack of inverters and a big alternator to charge the batteries while driving, backing the whole thing up with a 230v charger and/or a genny.
Depending on the size of the batteries you might just about get an hours worth of entertainment out of your equipment before you have to run the genny, the engine or go and find 230V (still kinda pointless, considering the cost)

afatbollix

The van would be used as a outside broadcast unit (record live tv), id say ill have to use a generater, cant be losing power while the show is on ya i was thinking that, use normal plugs to a fuse board and then let a sparky do the rest... id say we will rent a biggish gen for the events you know the ones that you hitch up to the back of the van. ill just park it away from the van when i have to use it for the noise..