best way to power a heat gun if you have no mains supply?

[Jason Xuereb]

blow torches 😛

[Stuart Hancock]

Just get yourself a portable generator.

http://www.justgenerators.co.uk/pages/p … rators.htm

[Gary Birch]

I`d go the generator too. I got one off ebay which is more than up to the job.

Just a tad heavy if i`m on my own.

Cheers

Gary

[MikeeWalsh]

is there no way you could run it through the cigarette lighter

[Gary Birch]

I`m no expert but I don`t think so.

Gary

[Hugh Potter]

i have a dewalt 2000w heat gun, when i did a mobi mechanics van, he said to plug it into his 1500w generator, the thing nearly pooped itself and the gun barely got warm, so… be prepared t fork out for a good 2.5kw generator, not a cheapy on.

a ciggy lighter wouldn’t run it! if you could get a 12v gun, i think you’d find that it’ll either not get hot enough, or will kill the battery in no time.

i have a heavy duty 50m extention lead. it can usually find power!

[Nick Minall]

Well you can get 3000 w inverters, not sure what amps they would need on the 12v side.

[David Rogers]

quote Nick Minall:

Well you can get 3000 w inverters, not sure what amps they would need on the 12v side.

enough to melt your car’s wiring… (hot)

Watts = Amps x Volts…..Amps = Watts / Volts

[MikeeWalsh]

ok i think the 50m extension lead looks the best idea thanks for that

[Chris Wool]

tell the customer that price has just doubled.

should then be enough hot air to do the job 😉

chris

[Gary Birch]

I paid £80 for a NUTOOL 2.4KW generator. Not the best make but good enough for the use it gets from us. I wouldn`t be without it now.

I know Macro have similar deals occasionally.

Cheers

Gary

[Nick Monir]

Mike I’d go with a genny too. I bought one a few years ago for less than £200 and I couldn’t live without it. Great for heatguns, SDS drills, charging batteries, floodlights etc etc. Its got 110 and 240v. Paid for itself over and over.

Nick

[Mathew Gibson]

Please tell me if i am wrong but cant you buy cordless ones im sure ive seen them being used at the show last year?

[James Martin]

I was speaking to an auto-electrician today and he said he could rig an inverter in my 1.7 corsa diesel that you could run a snack bar from lol.

He said, "a heat gun"? No problem.

[Lynn Normington]

so James when does the snack bar start 😀 you can sign it your self

Lynn

[James Martin]

Hey am trying to loose a couple of pounds, a snack bar would be a bad move.

[Peter Normington]

quote James Martin:

I was speaking to an auto-electrician today and he said he could rig an inverter in my 1.7 corsa diesel that you could run a snack bar from lol.

He said, “a heat gun”? No problem.

James, its possible to run an arc welder from a small engine, the alternator is replaced with a larger unit, but the total output cannot be greater than the power available at the pulley that drives the unit.
what it means in layman’s terms is you cant get out more than you put in.
Peter

[Brian Little]

quote mikeewalsh:

ok i think the 50m extension lead looks the best idea thanks for that

hmmm i heard it said once from an electrician ….dont know if its true or not that you can actually damage equipment if you have to long an extension leed ….not that bursting a heat gun is the end of the world just a thought

[James Martin]

Hi Peter,

I think I understand.

Does that mean that its not the full power of the engine recharging the battery at idling speed?