The inverter is not likely to give much power, 150 watts at the maximum. Gasoline generators are made as small as 500 watts. They are about the size of a small lawn mower.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the > following address for more information: > http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > 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 > >