OK, so somebody has a problem, a certain somebody did not find a whole load of dirty huge great plants in a public park, and did not rescue them.

Problem is, no power supply in the loft, only a light, but no power points to plug growlights into.

Can anybody suggest a portable power source, even one that would have to be charged up every day or two? it would be a real shame if these plants that nobody rescued and nobody is looking after and nurturing to go to waste, these aren't some crackers, and are not up to 5 foot tall or so.

Not practical, the loft is right above my father's bedroom.

There is only so much stealth possible with a five-foot bud plant. The thing stinks, and it is less a houseplant, more a small tree, or at least the largest is, outdoor grown, probably Sativa, damn things are almost as tall as I am.

Ever heard of stealing electricity!?

Gypsies here have innovative ways of doing this, they toss steel chains over the high voltage power lines.
I am not sure about technical details but it seems to work for them just fine until it rains!
Just giving idea, there is no free simple and noiseless energy today, you will pay it with money, fine, noise or electrocution.

Thanks guys, but buggering around with the wiring was my first thought, but it really isn't an option, tapping off power up there would be noticed if ever anybody but me went up there.

What I am looking for, is something like a high capacity battery, or capacitor based system, by portable I mean, able to be seperated from a plug socket or mains wiring, not portable as in easily carried, back pain allowing, something I could physically carry a distance of a few meters is all thats needed.

Having to do so with a fair quantity of rude words, grunting, sweating and post-event recourse to large quantities of painkillers (probably excessively large of course) isn't a disqualifier for suggestions.

Main problem altering the wiring, is no proper access to the fuse box, and I sure as hell am not going to start stripping mains wiring and soldering away while the juice is on, and in the loft, its a small, dingy, cramped, roasting hot hole full of more junk and crap than your average macdonalds chicken nugget, there is everything from a set of rocket engines to some deer antlers, a severed goat skull, prison jumpsuits to random books on buddhism, alternative dieting and other random ancient new age shite.


Think I'm going up there in the with a soldering iron? hells no :p

Just buy more silent generator,they are expensive but can be found.

You dont need a soldering gun. You can piggy back off another wire and use wire nuts and electrical tape to fasten everything down. get us a little more info on the room and we will walk ya through wiring it up. I  could do it with out turning off breaker but if your not comfortable messing with live lines dont get yourself hurt.

A battery that can run halide lights for any length of time would cost a lot of money and still wouldn't  be cost effective.  Same as with a generator.

"Problem is, no power supply in the loft, only a light, but no power points to plug grow lights into."

Your answer is in the light. You can get all the power you need from that light by wiring a plug in behind it. I am sure you can hide your babies and have one of your buddies wire something up for ya in a flash. Good luck!

Assuming those will tolerate US to UK adapters, that is fucking genius, thanks.

You'll need to get one that can handle the wattage of the halide lamps 

Fluorescent bulbs don't use much wattage and there are ones that can be used as grow lights 

Had a similar problem (without parents) in a house years ago. Just drilled a small hole through the ceiling, deplugged the extension lead, ran that up then attached the plug again and tookk the power from a room downstairs. Do it in a corner of your room and cover the wire with posters or whatever.