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DerbyDad03 wrote in
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On Dec 12, 12:15*am, Red Green wrote:
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On Dec 11, 9:45*pm, Red Green wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote in
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On Dec 10, 3:21*pm, sid wrote:
I have a project to decorate the family "Little Red Wagon"
with Christmas lights. So I stated experimenting with LED
light strings and battery combinations. *I finally decided to
use an Inverter and not cut up any light strings. *The LED
light set that I found has 80 lights and the specs state it
uses 12 watts. *So as a test I connect
ed
two 6v lantern batteries in series and ran the leads to the
inverter (rated at 100watts), connected a lamp with 40 watt
bulb.

The inverted started up and seemed to be working, but when I
connected the lamp, the green led on the inverter turned to
red and lamp glowed at 60% of what it should. The voltage
from the battery dropped from 12.6 to 11.5v. *I need a
battery with less internal resistance.

What would make a better 12v source ? *Most NiCad drill
batteries ar
e
up around 18v+
What is the voltage of battery in APC backups ?

Your family has one of these?

http://www.moparstyle.com/wiki/image...RedWagon2a.jpg

Holy crap! That one always filled the park at National Speedway
on Long Island in the 60's & 70's. *Funny Cars, The Green
Monster, Big Daddy Do
n
Garlits, talk about popping memory bubbles.

Just run the inverter off of the truck's battery.

Do you mean on Sunday Sunday Sunday at National Speedway?

I would tell them "Cousin Brucie sent me" but still had to pay to
get in.



I grew up in Queens during the 60's & 70's.

Well, "grew up" would be stretching things a bit.

"Cousin Brucie"

For me it was the section that starts with "Where Rock Lives" found
he

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWFS

I rarely quote Wikipedia, but they do a pretty good job of
describing the influence that WNEW had on rock music and the radio
industry during those years.



Yea well I had to get an FM radio first! Once that happened, it was
rarely tuned to anything but WNEW. Would sultry be a good description
of Alison Steele's voice? :-)

Yes, but she didn't look much like her voice.



Depends on what era the pic was from and of course, your mental
perception. This particular pic fit my perception:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...isonSteele.jpg

I've seen other pics of her that are just as you say.

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:16:11 -0600, Red Green
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On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:35:14 -0600, Red Green
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DerbyDad03 wrote in
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On Dec 12, 12:15*am, Red Green wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote
innews:613e4cab-438b-4e99-8f8a-10
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On Dec 11, 9:45*pm, Red Green wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote in
news:eacadd8d-ce48-4139-8ec7-
:

On Dec 10, 3:21*pm, sid wrote:
I have a project to decorate the family "Little Red Wagon"
with Christmas lights. So I stated experimenting with LED
light strings and battery combinations. *I finally decided to
use an Inverter and not cut up any light strings. *The LED
light set that I found has 80 lights and the specs state it
uses 12 watts. *So as a test I connect
ed
two 6v lantern batteries in series and ran the leads to the
inverter (rated at 100watts), connected a lamp with 40 watt
bulb.

The inverted started up and seemed to be working, but when I
connected the lamp, the green led on the inverter turned to
red and lamp glowed at 60% of what it should. The voltage
from the battery dropped from 12.6 to 11.5v. *I need a
battery with less internal resistance.

What would make a better 12v source ? *Most NiCad drill
batteries ar
e
up around 18v+
What is the voltage of battery in APC backups ?

Your family has one of these?

http://www.moparstyle.com/wiki/image...RedWagon2a.jpg

Holy crap! That one always filled the park at National Speedway
on Long Island in the 60's & 70's. *Funny Cars, The Green
Monster, Big Daddy Do
n
Garlits, talk about popping memory bubbles.

Just run the inverter off of the truck's battery.

Do you mean on Sunday Sunday Sunday at National Speedway?

I would tell them "Cousin Brucie sent me" but still had to pay to
get in.



I grew up in Queens during the 60's & 70's.

Well, "grew up" would be stretching things a bit.

"Cousin Brucie"

For me it was the section that starts with "Where Rock Lives" found
he

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWFS

I rarely quote Wikipedia, but they do a pretty good job of
describing the influence that WNEW had on rock music and the radio
industry during those years.



Yea well I had to get an FM radio first! Once that happened, it was
rarely tuned to anything but WNEW. Would sultry be a good description
of Alison Steele's voice? :-)

Yes, but she didn't look much like her voice.



Depends on what era the pic was from and of course, your mental
perception. This particular pic fit my perception:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...isonSteele.jpg

I've seen other pics of her that are just as you say.

She most emphatically didn't look like THAT in person.

That's a carefully crafted and staged photo utilizing lots of makeup,
false eyelashes and lighting.

In person, she was a complete frump, and her belly hung over her belt.

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On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:16:11 -0600, Red Green
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On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:35:14 -0600, Red Green
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DerbyDad03 wrote in

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On Dec 12, 12:15*am, Red Green wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote
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On Dec 11, 9:45*pm, Red Green wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote in
news:eacadd8d-ce48-4139-8ec7-
:

On Dec 10, 3:21*pm, sid wrote:
I have a project to decorate the family "Little Red Wagon"
with Christmas lights. So I stated experimenting with LED
light strings and battery combinations. *I finally decided
to use an Inverter and not cut up any light strings. *The
LED light set that I found has 80 lights and the specs
state it uses 12 watts. *So as a test I connect
ed
two 6v lantern batteries in series and ran the leads to the
inverter (rated at 100watts), connected a lamp with 40 watt
bulb.

The inverted started up and seemed to be working, but when
I connected the lamp, the green led on the inverter turned
to red and lamp glowed at 60% of what it should. The
voltage from the battery dropped from 12.6 to 11.5v. *I
need a battery with less internal resistance.

What would make a better 12v source ? *Most NiCad drill
batteries ar
e
up around 18v+
What is the voltage of battery in APC backups ?

Your family has one of these?

http://www.moparstyle.com/wiki/image...eRedWagon2a.jp
g

Holy crap! That one always filled the park at National
Speedway on Long Island in the 60's & 70's. *Funny Cars, The
Green Monster, Big Daddy Do
n
Garlits, talk about popping memory bubbles.

Just run the inverter off of the truck's battery.

Do you mean on Sunday Sunday Sunday at National Speedway?

I would tell them "Cousin Brucie sent me" but still had to pay to
get in.



I grew up in Queens during the 60's & 70's.

Well, "grew up" would be stretching things a bit.

"Cousin Brucie"

For me it was the section that starts with "Where Rock Lives"
found he

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWFS

I rarely quote Wikipedia, but they do a pretty good job of
describing the influence that WNEW had on rock music and the radio
industry during those years.



Yea well I had to get an FM radio first! Once that happened, it was
rarely tuned to anything but WNEW. Would sultry be a good
description of Alison Steele's voice? :-)

Yes, but she didn't look much like her voice.



Depends on what era the pic was from and of course, your mental
perception. This particular pic fit my perception:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...isonSteele.jpg

I've seen other pics of her that are just as you say.

She most emphatically didn't look like THAT in person.

That's a carefully crafted and staged photo utilizing lots of makeup,
false eyelashes and lighting.

In person, she was a complete frump, and her belly hung over her belt.


A regular Susan Boyle huh?

Red Green wrote:
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On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:35:14 -0600, Red Green
wrote:

DerbyDad03 wrote in
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On Dec 12, 12:15 am, Red Green wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote
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On Dec 11, 9:45 pm, Red Green wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote in
news:eacadd8d-ce48-4139-8ec7-
:
On Dec 10, 3:21 pm, sid wrote:
I have a project to decorate the family "Little Red Wagon"
with Christmas lights. So I stated experimenting with LED
light strings and battery combinations. I finally decided to
use an Inverter and not cut up any light strings. The LED
light set that I found has 80 lights and the specs state it
uses 12 watts. So as a test I connect
ed
two 6v lantern batteries in series and ran the leads to the
inverter (rated at 100watts), connected a lamp with 40 watt
bulb.
The inverted started up and seemed to be working, but when I
connected the lamp, the green led on the inverter turned to
red and lamp glowed at 60% of what it should. The voltage
from the battery dropped from 12.6 to 11.5v. I need a
battery with less internal resistance.
What would make a better 12v source ? Most NiCad drill
batteries ar
e
up around 18v+
What is the voltage of battery in APC backups ?
Your family has one of these?
http://www.moparstyle.com/wiki/image...RedWagon2a.jpg
Holy crap! That one always filled the park at National Speedway
on Long Island in the 60's & 70's. Funny Cars, The Green
Monster, Big Daddy Do
n
Garlits, talk about popping memory bubbles.
Just run the inverter off of the truck's battery.
Do you mean on Sunday Sunday Sunday at National Speedway?
I would tell them "Cousin Brucie sent me" but still had to pay to
get in.



I grew up in Queens during the 60's & 70's.
Well, "grew up" would be stretching things a bit.
"Cousin Brucie"

For me it was the section that starts with "Where Rock Lives" found
he

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWFS

I rarely quote Wikipedia, but they do a pretty good job of
describing the influence that WNEW had on rock music and the radio
industry during those years.


Yea well I had to get an FM radio first! Once that happened, it was
rarely tuned to anything but WNEW. Would sultry be a good description
of Alison Steele's voice? :-)
Yes, but she didn't look much like her voice.



Depends on what era the pic was from and of course, your mental
perception. This particular pic fit my perception:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...isonSteele.jpg

I've seen other pics of her that are just as you say.

Dang! Look at those fake eyelashes! That's a tipoff of the time period.

TDD

Nate Nagel wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Dec 10, 3:21 pm, sid wrote:
I have a project to decorate the family "Little Red Wagon" with
Christmas lights. So I stated experimenting with LED light strings and
battery combinations. I finally decided to use an Inverter and not
cut up any light strings. The LED light set that I found has 80
lights and the specs state it uses 12 watts. So as a test I connected
two 6v lantern batteries in series and ran the leads to the inverter
(rated at 100watts), connected a lamp with 40 watt bulb.

The inverted started up and seemed to be working, but when I connected
the lamp, the green led on the inverter turned to red and lamp glowed
at 60% of what it should. The voltage from the battery dropped from
12.6 to 11.5v. I need a battery with less internal resistance.

What would make a better 12v source ? Most NiCad drill batteries are
up around 18v+
What is the voltage of battery in APC backups ?

Your family has one of these?

http://www.moparstyle.com/wiki/image...RedWagon2a.jpg

Just run the inverter off of the truck's battery.

I had one of those trucks but it only had a slant six engine, darn.

TDD

I thought they all had 360's?

nate


As you can see, the big engine models were hard to keep on the ground.
*snicker*

TDD

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:06:20 -0500, Nate Nagel
wrote:

The Daring Dufas wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Dec 10, 3:21 pm, sid wrote:
I have a project to decorate the family "Little Red Wagon" with
Christmas lights. So I stated experimenting with LED light strings and
battery combinations. I finally decided to use an Inverter and not
cut up any light strings. The LED light set that I found has 80
lights and the specs state it uses 12 watts. So as a test I connected
two 6v lantern batteries in series and ran the leads to the inverter
(rated at 100watts), connected a lamp with 40 watt bulb.

The inverted started up and seemed to be working, but when I connected
the lamp, the green led on the inverter turned to red and lamp glowed
at 60% of what it should. The voltage from the battery dropped from
12.6 to 11.5v. I need a battery with less internal resistance.

What would make a better 12v source ? Most NiCad drill batteries are
up around 18v+
What is the voltage of battery in APC backups ?

Your family has one of these?

http://www.moparstyle.com/wiki/image...RedWagon2a.jpg

Just run the inverter off of the truck's battery.

I had one of those trucks but it only had a slant six engine, darn.

TDD

I thought they all had 360's?

nate
He's talking about A-100s like the original "little red wagon" and the
"backup pickup" dragsters. Basically an early Dodge van with the back
chopped to make a pik-em-up. Origiinally only slant six powered - then
the 273 became available towards the end of their production, and
quite possibly the odd 318 at the very end.

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:06:50 -0600, Red Green
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In person, she was a complete frump, and her belly hung over her belt.



A regular Susan Boyle huh?

You're getting warmer!