[MBZ] Home-made Generators

2006-06-30 Thread Dan Weeks
Someone wrote: Hmmm, how about sticking an old alternator in a box with the chain saw motor hooked to it, fairly light and cheap portable 12v power? Maybe a small battery thrown on there for storage and load leveling, an inverter for light 110v. I guess it would need to be grounded or

Re: [MBZ] Home-made Generators

2006-06-30 Thread OK Don
A freind at work made a similar rig - mounted on a mower deck, I think, that he takes on Scouting camp-outs. On 6/29/06, Dan Weeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WHen I was a lad, my best friend and I wanted to light the pond near his house so we could have night skating parties. We took an old

Re: [MBZ] Home-made Generators

2006-06-30 Thread Curt Raymond
other, then got up and went to take naps. Thank goodness for the coal stove and gas stove. -Curt Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:07:06 -0500 From: OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Home-made Generators To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [MBZ] Home-made Generators

2006-06-30 Thread Rich Thomas
It served us well for several seasons until we grew up and left it behind. I think I see the problem -- that growing up part. I am agressively working hard to postpone that part of my existence as long as possible. --R Dan Weeks wrote: Someone wrote: Hmmm, how about sticking an old

Re: [MBZ] Home-made Generators

2006-06-30 Thread Mike Canfield
Nice Dan. Probably would still be working today. Mike - Original Message - From: Dan Weeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 10:45 PM Subject: [MBZ] Home-made Generators Someone wrote: Hmmm, how about sticking an old alternator in a box