there is an awesome derelict of a warehouse in the middle of the woods my friends and i went to last week. we made a bonfire, drove our car inside, blast music and took our clothes off.
this time we have the good idea to throw a glow in the dark paint party with more people, but the bottom of the car got destroyed from trying to drive it in. so, do you guys have any idea how to hook up sound without electricity, and in a relatively cheap manner? We have a RCA home theater system (that we are going to return to the store, because it sucks) and my laptop.
If your just running a home stereo for 10 or 15 people a good sized power inverter would probably do the job. You could probably find one at a Wal Mart or auto supply store that would be able to run the stereo. You would need the car back in there to use for power. I think you would need at least 2000 watts, maybe more.
Thanks for the replies. I’m so ignorant, duh! a generator!
Hmm I wonder if we can buy and then return a generator because we’re trying to avoid more damage to the car. I’ll look into the power invertor thing and see if we can make a ramp to the building
haha ok ill post just one, since i dont know if others would appreciate being on the interwebz. it was a swell time though!
when I was stationed in Japan we used to party on the beach out there and we used a homemade generator, I didn’t build it but google gave this which will give a bit of AC power, might work for you
Start with your soundsystem before you decide on a generator, don’t go the other way round.
Look at the amplifier specs and count the Amps.
Amps are Watts/Volts, so you can factor in lighting by summing the watts on a circuit and dividing by 120 or 240 (depending on your local power standard).
Rent a generator that can provide that many Amps. If you want reliability, factor in an additional 20%.
Circuit breaker protect anything expensive.
Get the gennie up to speed before turning anything on and turn on the setup in stages. This alone is a good reason to have walkie-talkies onsite.
Keep the gennie away from the party, covered and outdoors, (carbon monoxide is no fun in an enclosed space) and at least 10 foot separated from the fuel source.
Never fuel a gennie while it’s running, which is a good reason to have two on hand. Get used to turning stuff off while you refuel, which also makes for a reinvigorating break in the party (remember to warn people!).
We just recently did this when we started out to make a rave/party bus. Find out what equipment you will use, lighting and sound, find out how much power they will use and factor 20-25% extra THEN you RENT a generator for one evening.
From what we heard there shouldn’t be a problem fueling up the generator while its on, unless its really low on fuel.
