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Hello all, Im wondering if any of you, particularly lighting gaffers & qualified sparks are able to offer me advice on the following. I am on a location shoot for three days next week on a very low budget. The only available power source at the location is 150 metres from the set, in the form of 4x 16amp sockets on separate rings. I want to run 4 separate lines of power to the set as I will need up to 10K. I am trying to work out what the power loss due to cable resistance would be if i used 16A cables for each line (cheaper), or 32A cables (less resistance i assume?) I am weighing this up with hiring a portable 10K generator instead. Has anyone rented one of these before? And can reccomend a model & hire company in the north west? Also, I had planned to use HMI's 575/1.8/2.5, does anyone foresee any issues using these units plugged up to a genny? Or even to a very long cable run? Apologies if this is a novice question for some, Kind Regards Owen