Powering Kino-Flo Diva 400 from Portable Power Supply

[HST]

Looking to rig a Kino-Flo Diva 400 onto a doorway dolly and don't want to mess around with having a grip/Pa coil cable while we are on the move. I believe I read once that a Diva 400 only draws equivalent of 200 watts, but I can't find anything at the moment that confirms that.

Does anyone know how much they draw, and would it then be possible to run one off of a portable power supply such as this?

http://www.boatersland.com/xan400xpower.html

Thanks!

 

[robmneilson]

I've run a kino car kit, and rosco litepads off a similar power supply before...it should run the Diva, but I can't say for the amount of time it would power it. I've also run a Diva off an inverter and car battery in a pinch before as well.

 

[RyanT]

Can you rent a different light instead of the diva? A joker 400 with a xs chimera can easily be powered off of a battery belt and with a few scrims you can get comparable output and quality to the Diva...Unless you can find the correct inverter and adapters, just might be an easier way to go.

 

[Bern Caughey]

To maximize the number of lights that you can run off a generator or inverter, you want to make sure that they are Power Factor Corrected. I don’t know if the Diva is.

"The Diva-Lite and ParaBeam series of fixtures are power factor corrected and do not need additional capacity on the neutral."

http://kinoflo.com/FYI/FAQs.htm#2

While not noted above, the Tegra 4Banks are also power factor corrected.

 

[DaneCannon]

I could be wrong here, but I'm thinking you'll also need a pure sine wave inverter.

 

[Bern Caughey]

I could be wrong here, but I'm thinking you'll also need a pure sine wave inverter.

I've always used a Pure Sine Wave inverter as advised by Kino Flo, but you might consider reading Guy Holt's opinions at Cinematography.com as I remember he's had some luck with at least one other inverter.

"Kino Flo recommends a pure sine wave inverter. Inexpensive saw tooth or near sine wave inverters may not work."
http://kinoflo.com/FYI/FAQs.htm#2

http://tinyurl.com/86vwtjj

 

[Bern Caughey]

Looking to rig a Kino-Flo Diva 400 onto a doorway dolly and don't want to mess around with having a grip/Pa coil cable while we are on the move.

Samy's Camera used to rent out the Dynalite XP1100 as a power source for 4Banks, & claimed an hour run time, but that seems very optimistic. If you go this route be sure to order spare batteries for it.

http://www.dynalite.com/?page_id=428

 

[Paul Hudson]

Samy's Camera used to rent out the Dynalite XP1100 as a power source for 4Banks, & claimed an hour run time, but that seems very optimistic. If you go this route be sure to order spare batteries for it.

http://www.dynalite.com/?page_id=428

Very, very optimistic.

 

[Bern Caughey]

Very, very optimistic.

I brought a Dynalite XP1100 to New Orleans shortly after Katrina to power some electronics. At one point we needed to film inside a car at night, but only had a couple of LED bricks, so I found a Rope Light to supplement them. I don't remember the runtime, but was a bit shocked how short it was...perhaps a 1/2-to-3/4 hour.

Page #11 of Kino's rental catalog shows their 1800W Inverter System, & runtimes with various lights. Even with two marine batteries a 4' 4Bank only burns for just under an hour.

www.kinoflo.com/PDF/Rental Catalog/Rental Catalog 2009.pdf