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DIESEL vs. BATTERY / INVERTER

POWER YOUR WORK. CALCULATE YOUR SAVINGS.

Compare diesel light tower rental or ownership with buying a XUMMIT solution. Include fuel, energy and equipment costs for your job site.

FUJI / SIERRA / ATLAS
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Set quantities for the lighting your project requires. Plan lighting coverage ↘

01 / Your operation

Fuel and electricity prices are editable examples, not current market rates. Enter your local prices and measured consumption.

02 / Diesel light tower

Starting reference: Multiquip LT6K, 6 kW continuous generator, 4 × 1,000 W metal-halide lamps / 440,000 lm. Published consumption: 0.47 US gal/h (1.779 L/h), with ¾-load runtime data. Adjust for your diesel model; LED diesel towers can use less.

03 / Your XUMMIT solution

All XUMMIT products are available by quotation. Enter your quoted amount to calculate investment and payback; operating savings are calculated separately.

Include the complete charging or additional-battery solution required for your shift. Enter 0 only if you already own it or it is included in your quote. Charging from a fuel generator is not modeled for battery towers.

Plan your battery operation
Estimated hours per charge
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Full-charge equivalents per tower / shift
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Maintenance, battery assumptions & replacements

90% efficiency and 90% usable capacity are adjustable planning assumptions, not certified XUMMIT measurements. Battery capacity limits estimated runtime; grid losses affect electricity cost.

Maintenance and replacements start at 0 and are excluded until you enter them. Include fuel-engine servicing for the inverter. Replacement costs are added once over the selected period and averaged only for the monthly comparison and simple payback.

Set quantities for the lighting your project requires.

One XUMMIT tower is not assumed to replace one diesel tower with equivalent coverage or lux. Choose the number of each tower based on a lighting layout; this calculator compares only the entered equipment and operating costs. It does not value a diesel generator’s spare power for other tools.

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Calculation method & sources

For purchase/replacement scenarios: operating days = working days/month × months. For rental: operating days = the total rental days entered (1–365); monthly settings are ignored. Operating hours = hours/day × operating days. Rental cost = daily rate × diesel towers × total rental days. Diesel fuel = operating hours × diesel towers × fuel rate. Battery grid energy = operating hours × XUMMIT towers × W ÷ 1,000 ÷ efficiency. ATLAS gasoline = operating hours × ATLAS towers × inverter fuel rate. Energy cost = consumption × unit price. Total cost = purchase + rental (if selected) + energy + maintenance + entered replacements. Diesel purchase is zero in rental mode. Battery charge equivalents = rounded-up daily energy ÷ usable battery capacity. No promotion units are assumed.

All amounts are USD, before tax. Financing, resale value, inflation, transport, downtime, labor and unentered maintenance or replacement costs are excluded. The diesel tower purchase price has no default: use a real quote. Consumption changes with load and equipment condition. Results may show no savings.