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jfactor1

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I booked a wedding and ceremony last fall. In our discussion we went over all the details. It's at a venue I haven't played at yet, so I'm not very familiar with it.

The ceremony is going to be on the beach. I asked the B2B if there was power available at the ceremony site and she assured me that there was. Guess what? No power. I called the venue manager and discovered that there is no power at the beach. I asked how far the nearest outlet was since I have a LOT of extension cords. Not close enough.

So, I called the B2B and informed her of the situation. I gave her 3 options.

1. I refund her the money she paid for the ceremony.

2. She can provide a generator.

3. I provide a generator. The catch is that this wedding is on a Sunday and I have a wedding & ceremony on Saturday 2 hours away in the opposite direction so I would have to rent the generator on Friday and return it on Monday. She would have to pay for all 4 days.

She chose option #3.

So after it's all said and done, this one comes in at just under $1,600.
 
Bill Kexel said:
Holy crap!
I rented one for 2 days & it was $49.00
I think If I was paying over $130 to rent one, I'd wind up just buying it. You can get a real nice quuiet Honda EU200i for under $800.00.

http://cgi.ebay.com/HONDA-EU2000I-I...QQihZ001QQcategoryZ106437QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This would be a good upsell for future outdoor gigs.
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I've never had to use a generator, and I don't plan on doing it again. This was a last minute deal. If I were in this kind of situation more often I would consider purchasing one.

It's her money. She could rent it much cheaper herself, but since I've gotta screw around with the thing, I think it's a fair price for her.

And it's not going to cost me hardly anything in gas since I'll only be using it for 20-25 minutes.
 
Just be sure to use a good power conditioner! My recommendation would be something in Furman's series II line with EVS and SMP. VERY important. Especially with a rented generator.

Ben
 
Jay,

You maybe able to run a power pack, it will cost you $100.00 but you can use it for alot of other things as well.
 
This is the one I use for beach weddings, I picked it up at Auto Zone.

Here are the specs, the name of the unit is endurance, 400 W Power Inverter, Output: 115 VAC, 60HZ, 400W, 3.5A(Max) Fuse:40A/32V.

The self contained air compressor is also nice when the tires deflate on the hand trucks.
 

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I usually plug it in to charge it for 24 hours before a ceremony.

This little thing is too cool, quite a few functions for the price. You may want to charge it up and see how long you can run your system for. I have ran mine up to 2 hours, but that is as long as I have tried it for. A friend of mine runs with a full system with the power pack and it lasted for hours from what she told me.
 
How long are these battery packs good for? (1 yr? 3 yrs?)

My thought is: if it's like any type of rechargeable battery, over time it holds less & less. I'd hate to find out at a gig that it's kaput!
 
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