See you later, generator.
3rd Generation Hybrid Mobile Power
Spark eliminated everything customers don’t like about generators — by eliminating the generator.
The third-generation Voltaic power system is the most advanced commercial mobile power system ever made for specialty vehicles. It replaces the gas or diesel generator commonly used in other specialty vehicles (and formerly in all Spark videotrucks) with a silent, maintenance-free power source, providing virtually unlimited run time for the entire Spark LED display system.
The silent Voltaic power system is standard equipment on all Spark models.
Latest battery technology
The system uses the latest lithium iron phosphate (LiFePo4) battery technology. Like the batteries in a Tesla, the Spark batteries last up to seven years before needing to be replaced. It’s connected to a roof-mounted solar array and a truck-engine-driven charging system, which provides unlimited power while the truck is running and hours of power even when you remove the key and walk away.
Solar charging
Roof-mounted monocrystalline solar panels provide up to 60 volts of DC power to the system, charging the battery bank from sunrise to sunset every day. The solar array provides as much as 58% of the power required to operate the entire Spark display system*and can double the system’s silent run time compared to battery-only operation without solar charging. Charging continues even when the Spark display system is turned off.
* based on best-selling model Spark 512
Over $10,000 annual savings
Spark videotrucks with Voltaic power systems have the lowest cost of ownership.
Here’s how: a generator consumes between 1/2 gallon and 1.5 gallons of fuel per hour of operation (depending on the model), but Spark’s hybrid power system consumes virtually no fuel. Generators require regular oil and filter changes every couple hundred hours of operation (about $150 at most RV service centers), but the Voltaic system is maintenance-free.
Fuel savings: 40 hours of operation per week x 1 gallons of fuel per hour = 40 gallons per week. Diesel fuel $4.00 per gallon = $160 per week. $8320 per year. Maintenance savings: One $150 oil/filter change per month = $1800 per year.
Total: $10,120 per year savings
Ready for EV truck chassis
Plug In Power
Only Spark offers the option for a new EV truck chassis, like the Ford Transit EV, or Sprinter EV.
Delivering all-day power for the LED display system, it’s a completely zero-emission power system. Configured for an EV chassis, you can get your Voltaic system with a higher-capacity battery bank. Instead of charging from the truck engine (there isn’t one), you’ll charge exclusively from the solar array and the external grid power connection, like the EV itself.
Optional Tier4 Diesel Power
If you really want a generator, you can have one. Nobody has more experience installing powerful gas and diesel generators in LED trucks than Spark. With power ratings ranging from 5,500 to 20,000 watts, Spark offers a wide range of gas and diesel gensets.
Standard Diesel Power
Power required for the LED displays and electronics varies by the requirements of the 12 different Spark models, and each system is sized appropriately.
58 decibel Sound Level
Generators make noise, but Spark’s enclosed diesel generators make a lot less of it. It’s quieter than the volume of a normal conversation. Literally 10 times as quiet as other generators.
Fuel Efficient
Spark’s diesel power system delivers up to five full ten-hour days of operation before you need to visit the diesel pump again. It’s almost twice as fuel-efficient as other generators.
How Quiet is Quiet?
Most generators claim to be quiet, but compared to what? If you’re comparing it to the sound of a jet engine or an explosion, then yes, almost all generators can be considered quiet.
Sound levels are measured in decibels (dB). The human ear perceives something that measures just 3 dB more than something else, as twice as loud.
So, a generator that is rated at 75 dB (common sound level) sounds twice as loud as a 72 dB generator or four times as loud as a 69 dB unit. That’s why most generators sound much like your neighbor’s riding mower at 6 am on Sunday (85-90 dB).
Spark’s newest generators have a sound level of just 58 decibels (dB). The sound of moderate rainfall is 50 dB, and a normal conversation in a quiet room is 60 dB. When we say quiet, we mean it.
Exoskeleton Body
The unique Spark Exoskeleton body structure is unlike any box truck, and designed specifically for specialty use.
Spark Control App
Control one or many Spark videotrucks from anywhere using Spark Control on your smartphone.
Spark LED Technology
Spark LED displays deliver the highest outdoor resolution (up to P2.9), high brightness, and low power consumption. They are designed for the harsh commercial mobile environment.