Only 1 thing about those inverters. If you use the car battery to run it, you'd better start the engine. Otherwise, you may find after using for a while, the car won't start, in which case you better have access to an extra car and jumper cables or a car battery charger. It's that discharging the battery thing. I bought one for a friend and I believe you could run it for about 30 minutes if the engine was off. Of course, the manuals for them will tell you exact times and additional info you will need, but just thought I'd post a friendly reminder.
Shane ----- Original Message ----- From: robert moore To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 5:51 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Just thinking about portable power 2 ideas come to mind. In a pinch you could get a 110 v or is it 120v inverter. This will hook up to your car battery with alagator clips and they come in a variety of power ratings. I don't know a lot about them but I do know that you hook it to the car battery or cigarette lighter and it has a number of standard outlets that you can plug just about any thing into it providing what you are plugging in does not exseed what the unit is capable of providing for. I don 't think they are very expensive. The other option that I have found is at a site called www.kensolar.com <http://www.kensolar.com/> \the portable solar generator that they offer sounds like quite the outfit. Only problem for most of us is that they start at about 1290 dollars. $1190 to be exact. If you buy that generator let me know how well it works. -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Rusk Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 7:00 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Just thinking about portable power I have several cordless power tools but I'd like to find a small generator or portable power supply for the times I am in my shed or in the yard and need power for my tools that aren't cordless. My shed is over 100 feet from the nearest power supply and some of the bushes we need to trim are even further. I bought a cordless hedge trimmer that works pretty good, but if we forget to charge it, well you know. I have a drill I really like to use for some things and it is corded. I have been searching some of the hardware giants but seem only able to find monster generators to help me out if my home loses it's electricity. Thanks, the tool collector. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.1/888 - Release Date: 7/6/2007 6:36 AM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]