On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 3:00:12 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 12:47:27 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Monster
wrote:

On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 10:45:37 AM UTC-5, wrote:


By Wilma I had this, cobbled up from junk I had in the garage.

http://gfretwell.com/electrical/redneck_power.jpg

Now we have a real generator.

That is ingenious! It looks like you repurposed an old pump using a GM alternator that has the built-in voltage regulator. Back at the house I have LED lights everywhere and when I was last at home in January, there was a power outage that lasted 6 1/2 hours. One small 500 watt UPS ran my LED desk lamps the whole time without any loss of brightness which allowed me to get around the house without any fear of tripping over something in the dark.. I think it would easily run the lights for 12 hours. ^_^


It was an old pressure cleaner with a bad pump. This will run the 2
onboard inverters and charge a big deep cycle trolling motor battery
without breathing hard.
With jumper cables I can charge my golf cart 2 batteries at a time
too. That is a buttload of battery power.

That thing is really fantastic. Have you thought of building and selling them to other folks who have to endure the loss of power after a hurricane? You could even sell plans for a DIY version. You used readily available parts that anyone can obtain which I think it's wonderful job of repurposing. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Battery Monster