On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 01:27:16 +0000 (UTC), Diesel
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Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:59:52 GMT in alt.home.repair, 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.

I'd say so. What's it pushing amp wise? over 100 or so?

I don't know much about the alternator. A junkyard guy said it was a
nice one and charged me $20 for it. I got it for something else and
never used it. Then I had the idea of using it on a pressure washer
someone gave me when the pump went bad.
I use the little UPS battery, just to tickle the alternator to get it
going. I imagine a big capacitor would work for that too.
It was a common trick on old Triumph choppers to get rid of the
battery and lower the seat.