lotust
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professor95 I found your photobucket page. Whooooo you have been busy tinkering with the solar and generator power huh ? It looks like an excellent idea to use my trucks existing camper cover to house my generator. Duh....
thanks for the ideas.
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toprudder
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It is so simple, it is elegant.
I'm not sure just how the shutdown circuitry works on the generator, does it latch so that once the shutdown begins it does not let the generator continue to run if/when the shutdown signal returns to normal??
I would be tempted to add a large bypass capacitor between the variable resistor and zener, so that a momentary high-voltage fluctuation would not trigger a shutdown, but during a real shutdown event it would help keep the relay energized while the generator spins down.
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MrWizard
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professor95 wrote:MrWizard wrote:thanks, great Idea, i have similar parts in my 'parts & tools' drawer I've been wondering where you went. I did a recent search of orbituaries in your local paper, but came up empty. Guess this means you're still kicking?
I check in every day, just haven't posted much in this thread lately, have made some over in 'technology' forum
I have been real busy in the cell phone forums, lately, modding the heck out of my new verizon voyager
with custom swf/flash animations for wallpaper, custom made swf digital animated clocks, and swf/flash PC game conversions for the phone
find me in the verizon & LG forums of HOFO www.howardforums.com
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professor95
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edited
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Professor Randy T. Agee & Nancy Agee
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WaltinColo
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So Mr. Wizard, let me get this straight...you're pimping youre cell phone?
heh, a geek after my own heart...
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Me, the wife, and the little guy....
...oh, and 1 loving, ready to go camping anytime, Black Lab 
DAYS CAMPED SINCE PUP PURCHASE: 112
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MrWizard
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yep...being things like this for several years, but this is the first verizon phone, I had that would allow this much 'PIMPIN' so i have been a very busy man.
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AZJIM1
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Checker Auto in Phoenix has the Champion C46540 for $199 after rebate . . . can't beat that price!
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racefan1965
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No posts for 4 days straight? Has the small portable chinese genset craze come to a end? lol
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5rFozz
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Well, I learned a lot from this thread. I'm glad I held out for the rebate offer! Tested the lil Champ on the 15k a/c last week and ran great. It's no louder than my little Coleman Sport 1600 that I use to charge batteries. I might experiment with some sound dampening for fun though.
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TubaPete
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5rFozz wrote:Well, I learned a lot from this thread. I'm glad I held out for the rebate offer!
I too have learned a lot. I still get a little envious when I hear about the Champion rebate. I got my genset way back when the main topic was the ELIM 3000. I still go to Pep Boys and walk the generator aisle just for nostalgia.
Tuba Pete
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