Hi all, I'm hoping somebody can help me as a novice. I am a photographer with a home studio and we have been having a lot of power cuts lately. I was thinking of getting some sort of generator that I could use in an emergency if I have clients in and we have a power cut but as it would be noisy/smelly somebody suggested some sort of battery pack.
I need to power a 500w strobe light and ideally two 200w lights but could get away with just the 500w. Would a UPS be something I should be looking at? I don't actually want to have it plugged in all the time, I just want to have it charged up in the house so that if we do have a power outage I can take it down to the studio to use for an hour or two. Is there such a thing as a battery pack that isn't a ups or could I use a ups system without having it plugged into my strobes all the time?
Also would I need to look at a 1000w ups system? my strobes all fire at the same time but I wouldn't be using the full 1000w constantly, they are just flashes with several seconds/minutes in between.
Thank you for any help!
I need to power a 500w strobe light and ideally two 200w lights but could get away with just the 500w. Would a UPS be something I should be looking at? I don't actually want to have it plugged in all the time, I just want to have it charged up in the house so that if we do have a power outage I can take it down to the studio to use for an hour or two. Is there such a thing as a battery pack that isn't a ups or could I use a ups system without having it plugged into my strobes all the time?
Also would I need to look at a 1000w ups system? my strobes all fire at the same time but I wouldn't be using the full 1000w constantly, they are just flashes with several seconds/minutes in between.
Thank you for any help!