[PPRAANet] Harbor Freight sale this weekend

[Phillip H. Blanton]

I have a Chicago Electric 3KW generator that I use for my radios often.
It's great, and runs well, but is heavy. This one looks nice, but it has
a two-stroke engine, so you need to mix your fuel with two-stroke oil
(50:1). Not a big deal, but you should be aware of it. I have seen this
little generator in action though and it is pretty quiet. Of course
nothing beats the Honda EU1000i for power and quiet, but it costs $1000.
For $79, this could be a great deal.

I always run my generator power through a UPS battery backup that has a
power conditioner, just in case something goes sideways in the
generator. For $79 for the generator, you can afford to buy a nice power
conditioner / UPS and have a good power system on the cheap. Here's a
UPS like the one I use. Mine is a Tripp-Lite, but an older model...

*http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/735565/Tripp-Lite-BC350-Personal-UPS-Battery/?cm_cat=2000000371

*It's $45 at Office Depot. The upside is that you can continue to
operate for up to an hour after the fuel runs out.  If you are just
listening and not transmitting much, you can go longer than an hour on
the UPS. I have my UPS tie-wrapped to the top of my generator and only
use it there. When the generator is stored, I plug the UPS into a wall
outlet so that the battery stays charged. Mine will continuously
charge/condition the battery as long as it is plugged in.

And... here's an eight outlet one for $30 at Best Buy...

*http://tinyurl.com/9qt36ue
*
I think I'd go for the Cyberpower one at best Buy. In fact, I may go buy
a couple of these for my computers today.

--
Phillip (NØTAN)

On 10/12/12 9:58 AM, eric wrote:
> Personally, electronics from harbor freight scare me a bit..  I would hate
> to see a voltage regulator fault on a piece of equipment I care about,
> might not be a good thing..  also the quality of the power inverter might
> be poor and a poor side wave could have other side effects..
>
> My 2cents
> Eric
> KB9DYG
>  On Oct 12, 2012 9:54 AM, "NØABC -- Dennis" <n0abc at msn.com> wrote:
>
>> I tried to forward the email from Harbor Freight yesterday, but it was a
>> little too big: 52KB.
>>
>> So, I’m adding the info in this one....
>>
>> Harbor Freight Tools is having a sale Fri, Sat, and Sun. (Doors open at 8
>> AM (7 AM for inside track club members)).
>>
>> What I saw of note to our club members was a little 800W / 900W Max
>> generator for $79.99, normally $179.99.
>> There are probably other things that might be of interest to you, as well.
>>
>> Maybe I should send this to PPARES, too?
>>
>> Here’s a tiny URL link to it:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/8rsbn3h
>>
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