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12v Lighing, Inverters, Charge Controllers, etc.
The pickup I drive for work (2000 Dodge Dakota w. V6) has a big goofy canopy on it where I can sit out of the wind and weather when I need to splice fiber-optic cables. But, I need some better lighting in there and a power inverter (possibly a big one).
So, I'm looking for recommendations. Where can I get some LED light strips? Inverters? High-output alternator?
The main consumer is a heat gun, 1500W (there is some pretty massive glue-filled heat-shrink tubing involved, I need the heat). I know something like that will eat my battery quickly, so what is out there for charge controllers if I want to have (multiple?) deep cycle batteries in the mix? The heat gun only gets used for a short time, 5-10 min maybe.
To date I've been carrying around a 3500W gas generator. Little overkill and inconvenient, especially when I'm just using the fusion splicer which doesn't take a whole lot of power. I'm trying to get the 12v power module for it, but I'll just use an inverter if I'm not able to find one.
So, I'm looking for recommendations. Where can I get some LED light strips? Inverters? High-output alternator?
The main consumer is a heat gun, 1500W (there is some pretty massive glue-filled heat-shrink tubing involved, I need the heat). I know something like that will eat my battery quickly, so what is out there for charge controllers if I want to have (multiple?) deep cycle batteries in the mix? The heat gun only gets used for a short time, 5-10 min maybe.
To date I've been carrying around a 3500W gas generator. Little overkill and inconvenient, especially when I'm just using the fusion splicer which doesn't take a whole lot of power. I'm trying to get the 12v power module for it, but I'll just use an inverter if I'm not able to find one.