Quiet enough not to bother you if you stick it round the corner from the garage. Put it this way, I have one I use as a spare for TSC island, and from inside the house I can't hear it at all. The house is built from hardboard and pine cladding, and has holes in it big enough for a wild pig to climb through. Wolf brand, I think it is, but they are relabelled and sold by everyone including B&Q. 600w constant, rated at 720 peak but will pull about 900w peak and 850 constant if you need. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WOLF-PORTABLE...hash=item220262715851&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318
could you run a car battery and a light? then when you are done, take battery home to charge? my garage is just a little to far from home to run a power lead to it and is dark come the evenings now.
I'd be very tempted to tack a massive extension cable to the outside wall - you can get a 50 metre one from Screwfix. 29.99 plus 1.09 for a box of cable clips.
They sell them so they must work, Kitemarked, Arctic cable etc. I've a 20 metre one I use with the grinder, sabresaw etc. all the time.
solar light and cordless power tools. charge them up overnight and get a spare battery. alt option is a geny but they can attract attention due to the noise.
I have the same situation , i have a 12v 225ah gel battery from a bus connected to a 1000 watt inverter to supply a 220vac 2x36 watt TL fitting, will run the light for about 8 hrs before recharge, i also run a grinder from it when needed. I could get more duration from the battery but the inverter shuts the power off when the battery level drops below a fixed level so you don't get stranded if its fitted in a car , down side is the battery weights 48kg
Stumbled over a recomendation for this in an LED lamp test I ripped out of Practical Classics earlier. Unsure if the model is current tho.
I've got a mixture of LED rechargeable lights and an old fashioned 12v lead light, that runs off a spare battery. You can get by with that if you need to. I've also got a few Ryobi One+ battery tools, so if I need to do a bit of drilling or grinding on the car, I can. I bought a few LED lights from LIDL - the little round stick-on ones that take 3 AAA batteries each. You can wire 3 of them in series, to a car battery, and run off that for ages.
any experience of these? http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=224796 or this http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=224871 not sure if they are man enough to take more than one battery though? as I have access to a selection of batteries up to 100AH, so could link a few up to get a longer run time.
i tried loads off different things, mainly LED type rechargable lights, ended up with a 2.2kva generator, so much better but as said it attracts attention.