Did you know?????
Submitted: Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 14:04
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Voxson (Adelaide)
Did you know that if you are in a blackout situation with your house that you can actually power your house from an invertor which would allow you to run a few lights,
foxtel, tv etc in moderation depending on the power output of the invertor?..... And if you are reasonably prepared it can be as simple as a 2minute operation....
You can be the only person in the street watching cable with the lights on....
Reply By: Vince NSW - Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 14:08
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 14:08
I can and have done this with my El Cheepo Chinese gennie.
Took less than 2 mins.
Vince
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Follow Up By: Voxson (Adelaide) - Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 14:34
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 14:34
Yep.. You know exactly what i mean...Same thing,,,, genny-invertor...
Makes people knock on your door asking how come you have power.. hehehe...
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Reply By: Member - Jack - Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 14:40
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 14:40
How is it done???
Jack
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Reply By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 14:46
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 14:46
I had the brigg's and straton 6hp 3.5KVA gennie from work and
home all winter, used it a few times, worked a treat, however I'm sure I am a little less popular with the neihbours now! LOL.
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Reply By: Nudenut - Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 15:04
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 15:04
blackouts...never happens to adelaidians...we pay our bills..
ha ha ha
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Follow Up By: Vince NSW - Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 15:09
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 15:09
That's because most of your power comes from the Eastern states, and we know how down at heel you crow eaters are now that Mitshibishi has closed part of it's plant
Vince
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Follow Up By: Nudenut - Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 15:53
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 15:53
news today
hirotech (japanese co) is going start up and put up $100m factory out by holden at elizabeth SA making parts for the commode
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 15:25
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 15:25
Why not just grab the missus, or neighbours missus and jump on the workbench instead, its dark, the kids arent going to come in, if they do, they wont see anything....
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Follow Up By: cokeaddict - Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 18:24
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 18:24
Truckster,
I actually tried this...with the missus of course. But just as my luck would have it...the power came back on half way through it....and for those wondering....NO it wasnt 2 minutes after we started... :-)
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Follow Up By: GO_OFFROAD - Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 21:58
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 21:58
I guess when the lights came back on it wasnt the same once you could see who it really was, compared to who you were thinking of in the dark ... ;-)
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Follow Up By: Well 55 - Friday, Aug 20, 2004 at 07:24
Friday, Aug 20, 2004 at 07:24
Angelo I told you to get rid of that bloddy key.
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Follow Up By: Member - Paul J (ACT) - Friday, Aug 20, 2004 at 09:14
Friday, Aug 20, 2004 at 09:14
Tony,
would be even worse if the lights came back on and you were in the wrong house!!!!!!
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Follow Up By: cokeaddict - Friday, Aug 20, 2004 at 13:01
Friday, Aug 20, 2004 at 13:01
Hi Tony, Paul J.....I am NOT gonna live this down am I guys?
Hope you guys are doing
well.
I am ready to head off again tomorrow morning early. Nissan partol club is running a free GPS course over the weekend for members down on their land.
I aint gonna miss that one. And some time for play too so i hope to get dirty again....no keys to come
home to saturday night :-)
Take care guys. Hope to see you again soon.
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Reply By: Bonz (Vic) - Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 16:59
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 16:59
And dya also know that this is fraught with huge danger, you have to isolate your house from the street mains unless you want your inverter or cheap gennie to try and run the whole area and even then its dangerous.
You know theres never anything that easy
TAANSTAAFL is definitely something we can all live by hahaha
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Follow Up By: Vince NSW - Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 17:18
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 17:18
I agree. A good point.
When I use the Gennie, I do NOT use the house wiring, but extension cords from the gennie to the lights / TV
Vince
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Follow Up By: ev700 - Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 19:46
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 19:46
What about the earth?
I've seen recent reports of risk of injury with gennies and apparently even the use of earth leakage (between gennie and appliance) may not be effective.
I assume cheaper gennies may be riskier. The next up is a Honda though, which is probably more reliable but dear for occasional use?
I'd like to buy a small gennie for back up for camping trips but I'd liike to solve the operational safety issues first.
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Reply By: ianmc - Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 23:01
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 23:01
There is an instruction with mine (Scorpion) to earth it in some circumstances
with a cable & spike in ground!
Obviously care is required if using 240v output whether it be by gennie or
thru your inverter which may also need earthing if outside the vehicle.
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Reply By: jackablue - Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 23:20
Thursday, Aug 19, 2004 at 23:20
I have standard operation for blackouts.
Light candle, fill bath, grab bourbon/wine/
beer & relax.
Cheers
Jackablue
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Reply By: Flash - Friday, Aug 20, 2004 at 16:44
Friday, Aug 20, 2004 at 16:44
It's quite easy (and safe) to use the house wiring,........IF you turn the mains switch off- thereby isolating you from TRYING to light up the whole neighbourhood (obviously you won't suceed, LOL), and also avoiding frying your generator/inverter when power comes back on.
Trouble is, then you don't know when the power comes back on..............
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Follow Up By: Member - Brett H (QLD) - Friday, Aug 20, 2004 at 20:47
Friday, Aug 20, 2004 at 20:47
Legally an automatic change over switch is required. This way it is impossible for the mains to connect to the temporary power source. I have seen a 700hp 28 ltr diesel generator fail with a huge bang after being incorrectly wired into a switchboard.
The safest way to run appliances in your home from a genset is via extension leads.
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