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Re: For anyone considering a generator ...
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 10:36 pm
by greatunclebill
Goofproof wrote:greatunclebill wrote:this will get you electric types going. back 45 years ago i worked on a great lakes ore boat. i'm thinking we had 120vac. batteries were scarce and if the transistor radio batteries died while out on the lakes where we couldn't get batteries we would charge them the hard way. we had a plug with 2 open wires on it. we put the battery on the table and barely touched the 2 wires to both ends of the battery. there was obviously a big spark and the battery was charged for a while. hadn't done it before and would never do it again. young and dumb. scary when i think about it now. LOL.....
When charging a battery that way you are supposed to put a hot dog in series with it, then dinner will be ready too. Jim
never had to cook anything. during non-meal hours the kitchen was open for anything you wanted. nobody went hungry.
Re: For anyone considering a generator ...
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 2:19 am
by markk
I very strongly reccommend propane, rather than diesel or gas. Propane does not degrade over time, get contaminated, or anything else. Further, it burns clean, and you can rent a large enough tank to keep you powered up for a week, if need be. If you buy it smartly, it costs less than gas or diesel as well.
Re: For anyone considering a generator ...
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 2:48 am
by deltadave
markk wrote:Propane does not degrade over time, get contaminated, or anything else.
Speaking of which, one should keep their gasoline generator gas tank and carburetor
empty (run the generator with the tank empty until it stops) until needed. Gasoline will eventually evaporate, leaving behind a coating of shellac on the carb parts.
When that happens, the carb needs to be disassembled and soaked in paint stripper to remove it.
Re: For anyone considering a generator ...
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 2:57 am
by deltadave
greatunclebill wrote:this will get you electric types going. back 45 years ago i worked on a great lakes ore boat. i'm thinking we had 120vac. batteries were scarce and if the transistor radio batteries died while out on the lakes where we couldn't get batteries we would charge them the hard way. we had a plug with 2 open wires on it. we put the battery on the table and barely touched the 2 wires to both ends of the battery. there was obviously a big spark and the battery was charged for a while. hadn't done it before and would never do it again. young and dumb. scary when i think about it now. LOL.....
Workin' the ore boats, blasting batteries, Edmund FItzgerald...
Now
that's manly!
I bet
you never used 12 wire!
Re: For anyone considering a generator ...
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:40 pm
by Goofproof
deltadave wrote:greatunclebill wrote:this will get you electric types going. back 45 years ago i worked on a great lakes ore boat. i'm thinking we had 120vac. batteries were scarce and if the transistor radio batteries died while out on the lakes where we couldn't get batteries we would charge them the hard way. we had a plug with 2 open wires on it. we put the battery on the table and barely touched the 2 wires to both ends of the battery. there was obviously a big spark and the battery was charged for a while. hadn't done it before and would never do it again. young and dumb. scary when i think about it now. LOL.....
Workin' the ore boats, blasting batteries, Edmund FItzgerald...
Now
that's manly!
I bet
you never used 12 wire!
In Surface Coal Mining we ran our equiptment of extention cords but the one that drive this digger is as big as your leg, and carries 7200 volts A/C, 3 Phase.
This Cat D-10 Doser got into trouble and was lifted out a pit, by it, the Cat is also used to tend (pull around the power cord)
The only thing we used 12 guage for was to run the Cigar Lighters in the cab. Jim
Balance counts! A truck like I drove for two years.
For scale the tire rear tire is about 8 foot tall.