APD6500- MOBILE FLOODLIGHT SET

Advanced Power won the contract to produce approximately 140 mobile floodlight sets for the Australian Defence Force after comprehensive testing over ‘cross-country’ terrain including gravel, sand, mud and water crossings.

The mobile floodlight set is mounted on a trailer, and consists of five Spectra ‘Turbo’ 1000W metal halide lamps on a hydraulically operated aluminium mast with an extended height of 8.5m from the ground. The floodlight set is capable of illuminating an area 100m wide by 150m long with an average light intensity of 6.5 lux or better.

The set is powered by a Hatz 1D81C diesel engine with an Advance Power brushless alternator and control system that delivers 6.0kVA in the harshest of environmental conditions. There is a 240V auxiliary outlet which can provide up to 10A with one of the five lamps off.

 

PORTABLE LIGHT ASSEMBLY (PLA)

The portable light assembly (PLA) consists of a single Spectra ‘Turbo’ 1000 W metal halide light mounted on a portable telescopic mast assembly with a tripod base. Power is provided via a ballast and a 50m single phase heavy duty extension cord. When deployed to its full height of 4m the PLA provides an illumination area of 900 m 2 with a light intensity of 5 lux or better.

The PLA can be powered from the generator on the Mobile Flood light set or can be powered by an independent generator with an output of 240V 50Hz and an available output of 5 amps or more.

900 kVA LOAD BANKS

Advanced Power are under contract to supply two 900kVA resistive and reactive load banks for the Australian Navy. Each load bank will be mounted within a single enclosure on a tandem trailer.

The load banks are designed for 450V, 60 Hz, 0.8 power factor lagging, operating in a 3-wire floating neutral power system and will be capable of providing a balanced 3- phase load in 1.0 kVA increments up to 900kVA.

 

2.0 kW AC & DC LIGHTWEIGHT FIELD GENERATOR (LFG)

Advance power is currently developing a 2.0 kW man portable lightweight field generator (LFG) weighing only 75 kg, capable of producing both DC and AC power using state of the art inverter technology. The LFG has the same engine, alternator and microprocessor based control system as the APD1300, which has been in service with the Australian Defence force since 1998, and proven itself to be very reliable.

The LFG is a variable speed diesel generator operating between 2200 RPM and 3500 RPM, with a high efficiency permenant magnet alternator providing a regulated 28V DC output, and a sine wave inverter providing both 230V AC 50 Hz and 110 V AC 50 Hz output. The generator will deliver this output in the harshest of enviroments, and has the flexibility to simultaneously deliver AC and DC up to a combined 2.0kW.