[Boatanchors] Little "Field Day" Genny, Remarkable Price.

[rbethman]

Ed, et al,

Costco may indeed have had such a generator.

Coleman and others make a large number of products on a one time shot.

Then they deny ever having done so.

This has happened for literally decades.

The U.S. Military Exchange system has also been victim to blatant 
counterfeit items.  I have one here.

It is a one person camp/emergency Coleman fueled single burner stove.  
It doesn't even need to be pumped to get pressure.

A neat little item!

You never know exactly what is made by whom.

Regards, Bob N0DGN

On 1/10/2016 6:35 PM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
> I was told at one  time  Costco  has a generator  that had a Coleman 
> name on it that out out
> 12v,  24v,  115 @60hz and  115 @400 hz
> my friend  decided he wanted another one  but  Coleman disavowed 
> making it?
> was it  a china   misuse of  trademark?
> In any event... if  anyone  know of  one like this  at a reasonable  
> price please tell!
> Thanks in advance  Ed Sharp archivist  for SMECC
> In a message dated 1/10/2016 4:10:32 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, 
> rbethman at comcast.net writes:
>
>     All,
>
>     Anyone considering one of these needs to carefully view the expanded
>     view of the data.
>
>     It is indeed rated @ 1000W, however, it very specifically states
>     on it
>     that the power factor is 1.
>
>     Should this be used with "any" AC fan or motor, then this does
>     de-rate
>     the output.  Fans and motors on AC do not run at a power factor of 1!
>
>     Standard power production is always run at 0.8 for the power factor.
>
>     Fact of the matter is that generators "if" run into a leading power
>     factor will tear up the generator windings.
>
>     It would be a good read on AC power, and how power factor comes
>     into play.
>
>     Just my $0.02 worth.
>
>     Cheers, Bob - N0DGN
>