On Friday 09 Sep 2011 10:55:03 am Kragen Javier Sitaker wrote: > Maybe you should share a generator with them as well as a vacuum cleaner. > <http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM125101348P?prdNo=14&blockN > o=14&blockType=G14> advertises an 800-watt generator for US$128, which > should be enough to run one small vacuum cleaner at a time, or light up > several houses at once. I think those are cheaper here in Argentina but I > can't point you at websites. How much do they cost in India? > Nearly 18 years ago I bought a 900 VA (750 Watt?) generator for about 20,000 Rupees. That is about US $ 400. It still costs about that much. At full load it uses up 1 liter of petrol an hour
We don't have too many power cuts these days, but about once a year I use it to charge up the emergency lighting batteries if we have had a power outage for over 2-3 hours, or occasionally to run a water pump of coffee maker. I have a 1000 Watt Vacuum cleaner which would not run on this generator. I can get a desktop computer and fridge plus a few lights to run on it - but "several houses" would get only about a couple of bulbs each. >Cleaning rugs with a vacuum cleaner is a lot easier than beating your rugs >periodically, and the rugs last longer. Rugs are exceedingly uncommon in hot, dusty South India. they make homes and floors hotter. Bare floors are cleaned with brooms and swabbed with a mop. shiv
