[Boatanchors] Wall Warts and Switcher Power Supplies

[D C -Mac- Macdonald]

I have an 8 kW generator (on wheels) under cover. 
Last summer, the serves our house and 11 others 
boiled its cooling oil over and the blew. 
 
Air temp was over 100F but I fired the generator, 
dragged the 90 feet of 4x6AWG cable to the manual 
transfer box, switched the box to the genset and 
let 'er rip. Thankfully, it proved big enough to 
run the whole house air conditioning. 
 
Tank holds 5 gallons of gasoline and since power 
company brought out a replacement and installed it 
in less than six hours after outage reported, I 
didn't even have to refuel. Muffler was glowing 
red, though, from heavy load on the engine. 
 
I have had auxilliary power for over 10 years due 
to the likelihood of weather events (windstorms, 
tornados, ice storms, etc.) here in central OK. 
 
We can provide a little extra to neighbors, also.
 
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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 * 
* (Since 30 Nov 53) * 
* k2gkk at hotmail.com * 
* Oklahoma City, OK * 
* USAF & FAA (Ret.) * 
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> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:20:53 -0500
> From: rbethman at comcast.net
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Wall Warts and Switcher Power Supplies
> 
> Actually folks,
> 
> I've already got the Generac ordered. It is the old military side of me.
> 
> In God I trust - ALL others MUST sign!
> 
> I've already poured the pad for it, and have installed the ground ring 
> below the pad using the Thermo bonding process. That's nine 12 foot 
> rods with 750MCM cable in a ring.
> 
> The Propane tank is coming very soon.
> 
> I'd rather be in a position of never "needing" it, than needing it and 
> NOT have it!
> 
> My wife thinks I'm insane.....
> 
> Bob - N0DGN