Sorry Simon, I did get confused. I use HID's and LED's at work, should have put a "/" there.
The light I use, is an HID (gas arc) 24v 35W Nordic style light. Man that's got some power, but I might have to put a red film over for Scope stuff....Hehe.
I was going to opt for a solar system (not the planets one
) around the 80w, but time and money got away from me, so 2 x 13w had to do.
I reckon that the solar with batteries is the way to go, for power supply in the bush
I just had a look at the power supply for my stepper motors, supplys 280w, and my inverter is 300w, I should just make it in suppling the scope with power (hopes).
I haven't done any conversions for power consumption just yet, but I might just run it for a bit to see if it works and how long it lasts on 2 batteries.
When I get the gearing system, in the next few weeks, it will come alive
Hoping by Christmas, I can have it going but the gears don't arrive till mid Nov.