Generator powered light tower for long shifts
A 2.2 kW petrol set on the cart, matched to the lamp. Refuel in minutes and keep the light on for as long as the site needs it, at the cost of noise and exhaust at the point of use.
Specification
What the sheet states for this build, and what is confirmed per order.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Power source | Petrol generator on the cart |
| Rated output | 2.2 kW |
| Max output | 2.5 kW |
| Output | 230 V, 50 Hz, 9.6 A rated |
| Engine | 152F, 98 cc |
| Fuel tank | 4.2 L |
| Start | Manual, electric or remote |
| Lamps | 60 to 1400 W, matched to the total load |
| Cart | Medium or large, lamp and mast mounted |
| Mast | Telescopic, up to 4.1 m |
| Protection | IP54 on the lamp |
| Warranty | 5 years on the lamp |
The generator rating has to cover the lamp plus anything else plugged in, and the lamp rating is the continuous load. A 2.2 kW set runs a 1400 W head with margin; two heads plus a charger is a different sum.
Sizing the set to the lamp
Add the lamp wattage, then add anything else on the same supply: a charger, a tool, a second head. Keep the total under the rated output, not the peak, and leave a margin for a hot night when the set derates.
A 2.2 kW set carries a 1400 W head with about 800 W spare. That spare is what makes it possible to run a second small head or charge a battery station at the same time.
- Total continuous load, not just the lamp.
- Whether the site has a fuel supply and who refuels.
- Whether the set can be run on the fuel available locally.
Fuel and the shift
A 4.2 L tank at a moderate load runs for several hours; the figure to ask for is the consumption at the load the site will actually run. Plan refuelling into the shift rather than discovering it at hour six.
Store fuel away from the lamp and never refuel a hot set. That is not a manufacturer restriction, it is how generator fires start.
When the generator is the wrong choice
Indoor work, tunnels without extraction, hospital and campus sites, and residential streets at night. In those places the noise and the exhaust rule the set out, and the answer is a battery station even at the cost of runtime.
A hybrid arrangement is common on larger sites: a generator charging a battery station during the day, and the station running the lamp at night. It keeps the engine away from the working area and still gives a full shift.
Before the order
- Load: lamp plus everything else, under the rated output.
- Fuel: consumption at the working load, and who refuels mid shift.
- Placement: exhaust away from the work area, never indoors without extraction.
- Build
- Generator powered
- Line
- Mobile light towers
- Ask for
- Specification sheet, photometric file, packing list
Send the site, get the sheet.
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