BAttery operated heat lamp???

[Southern28Chick]

Has anyone ever heard of a battery operated heat lamp? I did a google search but couldn't find one. I don't even know if there is such a thing.

Thanks.

 

[Critter Crazy]

Never heard of one.

 

[MayberrySaint]

The wattage required to run a heat lamp would require a very, very large battery. Not a feasible item...

Andy

 

[Southern28Chick]

I thought that I was being silly. I'm a super crazy chicken mom and I figured since my coop is so far from an electrical outlet that maybe there was a battery operated heat lamp for cool nights in the hen house when my chicks get to finally go outside.

Thanks anyway.

 

[MayberrySaint]

I understand...I have about 300 feet of extension cord running from my house to the coop for those cold nights...

Andy

 

[silkiechicken]

Yeah, batteries will be dead instaneously... Not even a car battery would last long. Heating is highly inefficient.

 

[SkeeredChicken]

IMO, you could try to use a solar array with batteries to try to run it. But that would prolly cost alotta money.

 

[AK-Bird-brain]

I looked into solar power to heat our coop but no luck. heat lamps are 250 watt bulbs a solar pannel / battery system large enough to power it would cost more than you would save by just plugging in to an outlet. since you need the light at night when there is no sun it would take a huge battery bank to store enough power to run the light at night. maybe someday it will be feasiable but not yet.

 

[barg]

Not sure if this would work but it may be worth taking a look at. Just use your regular Ac heat lamp with this... again , I havent tried it, dont know how long it would last...
http://www.amazon.com/Xantrex-852-2...69?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1179467805&sr=1-1

 

[silkiechicken]

Hmm... to tired to do any math, but my guess is that with a 250 watt bulb on that thing, it would last maybe a few hours? And it takes 24 hours to charge.