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I am looking into buying a small generator and some lights for my 10 foot lake boat. I don't know how many lights I need to buy, what kind to get, or what kind of generator to get. I want to get a small one so that it doesn't take up much room. I have a very small budget, so that is key. Any and all suggestions are appreciated.

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10 ft boat... Buy 3 econolite 150 watt hps, $80 bux a piece I think, then what ever else you have left over spend on a small genny.. Bout the cheapest I can think off off the top of my head.
 
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ur looking at 300-400 depending on your setup and what deals u can find on genny (cheaper if u can get a used one for cheap)...You can get 3 150 hps with caps for around $240 shipped i think and a small 1000w genny for around 100-140 shipped...You would need a little bigger genny on halos which would run between 200-300 new and then u would spend 30-60 on lights depending on how many and what watts
 
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Try and not get a no name brand is all I can say, champion makes a dang good one, Honda yahmaha, generac.. All good brands
 
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All I was saying was if he had a small 10ft boat and was wanting a "cheap" setup Halogens would work great $10 a piece vs $80 a piece HPS. everyone always talks about the brightness factor on HPS Vs. Halos. I just recomending an alternative to HPS that might save him some money. Just trying to help guess ill just stay out of this conversation though. I use a Coleman Generator ive run it for 5 yrs or better
 
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ffbowfisher said:
All I was saying was if he had a small 10ft boat and was wanting a "cheap" setup Halogens would work great $10 a piece vs $80 a piece HPS. everyone always talks about the brightness factor on HPS Vs. Halos. I just recomending an alternative to HPS that might save him some money. Just trying to help guess ill just stay out of this conversation though. I use a Coleman Generator ive run it for 5 yrs or better
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This is the angle I'm going for. My brother and I are in this stuff just for kicks. We've been wanting to try night fishing ever since the first season of Realtree Roadtrips. Thanks for all the advice
 
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you would be able to run 2-500W halogens and that would be pulling 100% of your generators capacity. if you had 500W halogens with 300W bulbs you could run 3 of them and that would pull 900watts out of the 1000watts you have. I have a 5000W continous run generator with 6250 surge watt, I run 8-500W take 8 lights and multiply that by 500W thats 4000watts. 4000W out of my 5000W genertator s 80% of its capacity which is where i like to stay.
 
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