[Lowfer] Portable generators

[Bill Ashlock]

Thanks for the repeat of this posting. It looks like I will have to go for 
the larger of the two shown on the Pep Boys site. I just realized that in 
addition to the electric heater I will need almost 5000w to be able to 
operate my deep-well pump. The pump has a very short duty cycle (maybe only 
30 seconds for the ON time) and I can rig the controller for the heater so 
that when the water pressure falls to the point where the pump is needed the 
heater will be automatically shut off. BTW the predicted time when the power 
will be restored is another two days! As of tonight 18,000 other customers 
are without power.

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mikea" <mikea at mikea.ath.cx>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp; UK) and MedFer bands" 
<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Portable generators


> 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>
> : X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0)
> :
> : 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.
>
> ...
>
> ?
>
> -- 
> Mike Andrews, W5EGO
> mikea at mikea.ath.cx
> Tired old sysadmin
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