Where do people look to rent garages with power? All of the local authority ones are single pre fab with no power. Is there a forum or particular place to look?

Invest in a good, Honda-powered generator. Remember to keep nearby neighbours sweet.

Pekwah1 managed to build two Strikers in his non powered garage, that was in a block of about 30 garages, and quite a distance from his house, so he didn't use a long extension cable

steve

I found a few caravan stores have covered storage with power for trailers etc

It’s possible to use rechargeable or even a large car battery powered lighting , a generator is a possibility but if you intend welding you will need a suitable genny. The mig welding forum has loads of info on suitable systems.

do you have enough land to build a garage? in the long run it would probably be cheaper than renting one for what may be a very long time. Even a wooden structure would be fine or buy one second hand i.e. a big shed

I built my GBS in a housing authority garage, had some LED lights running off a 12v battery, also a pair of leisure battery's on a 24 to 240v inverter, enough to run a pillar drill, grinders etc.

It wasn't too bad really and was the only option if I wanted go ahead with the build.

Paul, what sort of LED lights do you use and roughly how long do you think the battery would last before charging again?

Cheers

N1