[Lowfer] Portable generators

[mikea]

On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 11:46:37AM -0400, Bill Ashlock wrote:
> All,
> 
> There was a posting approx two weeks ago on the purchase of a portable 
> generator  from an auto parts store by one of our group. Anyone recall what 
> the date was (or any other info) so I can look at the posting?

This one:

: Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:25:54 -0500
: From lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net  Sun Mar 25 19:26:09 2007
: From: "W5JGV (Ralph Hartwell)" <w5jgv at spectrotek.com>
: Subject: [Lowfer] Heads up on a nice small genset
: To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp;  UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
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: 
: I just thought I'd pass this along to anyone who is interested in
: emergency power for  disaster communications or just being ready for
: whatever happens.
: 
: About a month ago, I purchased a small gasoline powered genset for use
: around the 15  acres Bonnie and I just purchased.  It's sold by Pep
: Boys, and is a UST2300 machine,  imported by UST in California.  It's
: made in China as most everything nowadays seems  to be, but it really
: appears to be a nice unit.
: 
: Pep Boys has them on sale this week for $199.98 after a $40.00 mail in
: rebate.  When I  bought mine, there was only a $30.00 rebate.) Their
: stock/item number is #GG2300.
: 
: The machine, empty of fuel, weighs only 83 pounds, so even though I have
: grown a bit  gray, I can still pick it up and toss it into the trunk of
: the car.  It's rated at 120 VAC, single  phase, 2 KW load, 1.3 KW surge.
: 
: The fuel tank holds about 3.5 US gallons of unleaded gasoline, and as
: advertised, the  machine really does run for better than 10 hours on a
: full tank of gas with a 1 KW load. (I  timed it.)
: 
: The generator is a rotating self-excited field machine, so there are no
: commutator  brushes to worry about.  It also is not harmed by accidental
: short circuits.  The unit has  an engine shutdown switch, an AC power
: output on/off switch, a AC output circuit breaker,  a voltmeter, and a
: 120 volt 20 ampere duplex outlet on the panel.  There's also as a
: ground stud for a safety connection to earth.  It also has a auxiliary
: 12 volt DC @ 10  Amperes output with a circuit breaker (really about 18
: VDC unloaded) which is designed  for battery charging.

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