Hi guys

Well i though i should step in and tell you what actually we have set-up seeing as your all trying to figure it out.

Firstly yes the PA is a 6K rig, we use top of the range Lab Gruppen Switch mode amps, which pull far less power than the rating. Switch mode amps can never pull the full electrical power as they peak and switch (very very different to the power usage of A class)

Also although the power rig can run the rig at full blast, its too loud to be inside the venue at that rate, so as with all well designed PA’s its run at around 3/4 of its capacity.

The 2,000Ah of batteries and electrical distro are built into our trailer unit which carries the venue around. We run everything at 230V using a the highest quality best efficiency Outback inverters. (we also have a second set of batteries on the truck for an additional rig for our crew).

All our lights are LED based with a custom built lighting rig providing 16 million colours for the stage lighting. The entire venue operates at around 2K when fully pumping out a headline band, and around 400-500W during the daytime.

In reply to the transport of them the main truck and trailer, and other vehicles all run on used recycled vegetable oil, therefore having zero carbon footprint.

We have designed everything to fit within our means to run a great show from the sun.

Finally, yes we do our own festival as well…. this year we did Bimble Party near Brighton (last weekend).

Hope this clears up any of your queries,
Many thanks
The Bimble Inn

to be fair they have clarified enough of it now if you did want to “build your own” this is the inverter/charger (very impressive piece of kit)

OutBack Power / Products / Sinewave Inverter / International

I expect the batteries are set up for 48V DC is tried and tested (similar battery banks exist in the Telephone Exchanges which are transmitting our data back and forth to the Internet!), and the 93% efficiency of the inverter is impressive.

doubt its cheap though, but nor is the sound/light kit! Good way of showing what is possible with renewable energy (having recently joined a Transition Towns group I’ve taken note of the the design for future reference…)

but when it gets to the time that ordinary people are making use of this sort of kit for mainstream power, it might be too frivolous to use all that power just for a festival (you could use some of it for entertainment purposes, but you could also power about three family houses with that amount of leccy if the houses were as energy efficient as possible!)