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• Re: portable generator to run portable ac unit
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 2 Aug 2003 13:00:57 -0400
  ...portable generator to run portable ac unit I frequently use Onan, Kawasaki, and Honda gasoline generators in the field, but the noise that most...
• Re: solar panels vs generators vs camping vs kids
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 01 Nov 1994 15:24:44 EST
  ...Is it really the case that generator usage is tolerated in campgrounds? I would think that some anonymous evil would befall a generator in...
• electrical ideas (wild theories and other natural phenomena) ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 13:16:12 CDT
  an idea i had been kicking around for a long time was to take a 2nd alternator (or generator) and match it up to...
• Re: NVC (well, slightly VC): Questions about buying used generator/invertor
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 3 Nov 2013 16:32:24 -0800
  Quiet?!? Unless you're camping within a stone's throw of an interstate or in a downtown park, those generators are audible 100 yards...
• Re: What to carry?
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:48:12 -0700
  ...Hauls firewood, and >fits right in the bed of the truck with room for the generator." Horrid, horrid people. Truck? GENERATOR? Rides through the...
• Re: Vanagon de Graff generator?
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 16:18:23 -0500
  ...Vanagon de Graff generator? Not dead yet. I haven't looked. > From: "Cooper, Jonathan R." <cooper@BQMLAW.COM> > Reply-To: cooper@BQMLAW.COM > Date...
• Re: Fri. Generator rant.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 6 Feb 2015 10:29:35 -0600
  ...You can't really make a statement about generators and noise etc. > > Alistair > > > > > On Feb 5, 2015, at 7:11 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4...
• Re: HHO Kits
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:08:05 -0400
  At 07:52 PM 4/16/2011, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote... >so ...charge up your gas generator batteries with your home grid-power >.. >then...
• FW: LEHR: Generator Availability
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Thyer
  Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:43:35 -0800
  Just got this back from the company regarding that neat little 1KW generator that made it to the list the other day. -- Matt Thyer...
• Re: solar panels
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 13:18:03 -0400
  Sounds like a Honda generator. I know that I bring a 50 foot extension cord to put mine a little ways away from the...
• Re: Ramona Rests
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 15:19:24 -0700
  ...I remember it being a tight squeeze trying to pull out the generator/fan assembly, and I think I had to remove some of...
• Re: Vanagon de Graff generator?
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 13:21:25 -0800
  ...Vanagon de Graff generator? > > At least its not his dead cat > > Jonathan R. Cooper > Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal > 900 Skylight Office Tower > Cleveland, OH 44113...
• Re: Ramona Rests (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 12:31:29 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The generator field (small spade connector) needs to be connected to the large terminal in order for the generator to make juice. I don...
• Re: NVC (well, slightly VC): Questions about buying used generator/invertor
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Sun, 3 Nov 2013 20:47:10 -0500
  Most generators ARE super noisy, Mr Squirrel. But not the Hondas. An air fan in you van is noisier. If you are in a...
• Re: Mount propex under the Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:19:24 -0700
  ...will remain and the >> generator will run out of fuel. [snip] >> > > Any way we can rig it so their generators run out of fuel...
• Re: Gen Set
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:35:12 -0500
  >> Has anyone ever installed a small generator on board. Size,fuel,location noise? I am considering doing this if it can be done safely...
• Re: Ramona Rests (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 10:24:09 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Ramona Rests On Mon, 17 Apr 1995 SweetPea70@aol.com wrote: --*snip*-- > I followed Muir's procedure for testing the generator by removing both...
• Re: Baja Syncro Chronicles vol 113, long
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:23:02 -0400
  Their running the generator during the day to charge up the batteries so everyone can sleep at night. A number if the larger RVs...
• Re: Help With 110 Volt A/C BTU Requirement Sought
  Historical mailing list - Ron Tipton
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 20:57:11 -0400
  ...You might want to look into the Honda 2000 generator. The Honda can be converted to run on propane. (www.propane-generators.com), but...
• The best GENERATOR
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:36:00 -0000
  Hello, By now a lot was recently written about generators. But what is the best up to 2000 watts geenerator with the cleanest power...
• Re: distributor wiring ? (Hall Generator?)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Sep 2001 10:07:34 EDT
  I have hall generators (or senders) for $99. They come with that plastic plug that attaches to the side of the distributor, the hall...
• Batteries assembly
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:57:29 -0000
  ...I still consider buying Honda EU 1000 iA or EU 2000 iA generator. I found that in Portugal 220 volts EU 2000 carries almost...
• Re: Fri. Generator rant.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 6 Feb 2015 12:23:31 -0600
  Don, unfortunately, in the situation you describe, the generator users would likely tell you that they choose their campsites specifically because they are not...
• Re: NVC (well, slightly VC): Questions about buying used generator/invertor
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 3 Nov 2013 16:55:29 -0800
  Say what you will, I have been to several backcountry campgroups -- away from city and street noises, away from loud streams -- and the generators...
• Re: NVC (well, slightly VC): Questions about buying used generator/invertor
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 3 Nov 2013 17:49:30 -0800
  Yes on a still night or day, those generators, even the so-called quiet ones, they can be heard about a half mile away...
• Re: generator questions
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:30:33 -0600
  > Hi Volks, > I'm still plaqued buy generator problems on my 84 bus. 2 weeks ago Plaqued by generator problems? Maybe you should see...
• Re: Gen Set
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:50:54 -0500
  ...Gen Set > I noticed that Big Bend National Park and some >> > other national parks now have "quiet loops" where no generators or >> > amplified sounds...
• help on my electrical @#$%^!&
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Oct 1995 16:44:01 -0400
  ...I reverse jump started the bus and it was Ok but I blew my radio, luckily no alternator in'70 I bought a generator...
• Re: EMERGENCY POWER PLANT
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sat, 6 Nov 1999 03:26:09 -0500
  ...You will need a dual pulley, one to drive the alt/fan, the other for electric motor(generator) for type 1. Of course, a...
• Re: NVC (well, slightly VC): Questions about buying used generator/invertor
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 4 Nov 2013 10:17:09 -0600
  ---- KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote: > Most generators ARE super noisy, Mr Squirrel. But not the Hondas. An air fan in you van is...
• Re: NVC (well, slightly VC): Questions about buying used generator/invertor
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 3 Nov 2013 17:55:47 -0800
  ...Suit yourself, run the generator, and ignore the noise. That's not what I camp for. BUT -- CYOC (camp your own camp). -- Jack "Rocket...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: electric or hybrid conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 20:16:43 -0500
  ...in the old breadloaf buses, there would be a perfect space where the engine is (to put the generator). the generator is a smaller...
• Re: Visibility - Rear Wind Deflector
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:24:52 -0600
  ...http://www.ipdusa.com/ had a 'vortex generator' that attached to the roof with adhesives, and was based on some NACA ducting (in reverse...
• Re: Smoker's Car: Fix using Ozone
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:38:47 -0500
  Gogle for "Ozone Generators" and also for "Ozone Generator Plans". You will get literally hundreds of hits on the topic. Regards, John Rodgers 88...
• RE: generator article (another viewpoint on electricity :)
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Tue, 1 Nov 1994 07:31:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...Nothing ruins the peace and quiet of camping more often than generators. Noise that would be acceptable IMO in a city is unacceptable out...
• Re: NVC (well, slightly VC): Questions about buying used generator/invertor
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 4 Nov 2013 09:04:22 -0700
  ...I'd expect that the AC unit would make more noise (being closer) than would the generator. I'm more than half deaf, but...
• generator fixed at last!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 03:05:29 -0500
  ...As stated before I had only changed the top brush in the generator, because I could not get to the bottom brush. What I...
• RE: generator article (another viewpoint on electricity :)
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Tue, 01 Nov 94 08:35:53 CST
  ...any such problems with the generator? i've always thought that the best place for a generator might be in a little travel trailer...
• Re: the first trip
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 8:45:15 PDT
  ...does this > mean that the generator is working again, or does it simply mean that the > battery is charged, and the light will come...
• Re: Generators/Camping/Westies
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 08:55:46 -0700
  At 11:24 PM 7/2/98 -0700, you wrote: >Anybody with stories/recommendations/pitfalls/benefits, etc having to do >with carrying a generator...
• Re: '71 Hard Start
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 11:26:21 -0300
  ...When the regulator switches on the generator you do lose some power, ie RPM drops. Take it as a sign that the charging system...
• Re: Ramona Rests (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 16:59:31 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Ramona Rests On Mon, 17 Apr 1995, David Schwarze wrote: > Ryan McGee writes: > > > > Wait a minute here--the generator's dead, but the engine...
• RE: generator article (another viewpoint on electricity :)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Nov 94 09:05:26 EST
  After my bad experience with an inverter (mentioned in a set of messages this past summer), we opted to purchase a generator. We have...
• Re: Testing Generator and Volt. Reg.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 23:53:19 -0400
  ...Remember, the Gen is actually held on by a strap on the Generator Stand/oil filler. You can take off the Carb too to...
• Re: Using a generator with a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David..M
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 12:29:53 -0500
  ...If I went camping for peace and quiet and was disturbed by a generator, I would be MIGHTY angry.
• RE: generator article (another viewpoint on electricity :)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 1 Nov 94 8:13:22 PST
  ...So now we just call > > it ... > > Nothing ruins the peace and quiet of camping more often than generators. > Noise that would be acceptable IMO...
• Re: Fri. Generator rant.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 6 Feb 2015 06:59:34 -0800
  ...I've not > > encountered many VW vans with generators, but there are some. > > > > Organized formal camps often have "generator hours". It just amazes me...
• Re: Gen Set
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:34:27 -0800
  On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Has anyone ever installed a small generator on...
• Re: Fri. Generator rant.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 6 Feb 2015 08:51:06 -0800
  ...Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> The only noise that really bothers us in the middle of the night is RV >> generators and bagpipes.
• Re: Ramona Rests (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 12:17:52 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Ramona Rests Ryan McGee writes: > > Wait a minute here--the generator's dead, but the engine runs? > Where's the spark come from? The...
• Re: Fri. Generator rant.
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Fri, 6 Feb 2015 12:13:36 -0500
  ...You can't really make a statement about generators and noise etc. >> >> Alistair >> >> >> >>> On Feb 5, 2015, at 7:11 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4...
• NVC (well, slightly VC): Questions about buying used generator/invertor
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Sun, 3 Nov 2013 19:22:20 -0500
  Hi All, So, with all of the electronics upgrades I thought I'd research the cost of buying a generator/inverter that I could...
• Re: VW diesel engine available on Craigs List for $300 98K miles
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:33:46 -0800
  ...tow a generator behind you to provide power when you exceed the battery's range (I would think you probably would need about a...
• Solar panel, aux. battery, generator etc...
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 9 Mar 2016 11:13:12 -0800
  ...battery, generator and the such... your share of experiences and advices will be greatly appreciated... the van(s): - '89 tin top with a group...
• Re: Trailers, Portable Generators and the like
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:53:02 -0500
  ...The best generator for your needs is probably the Honda 2000u. This will run the AC, charge batteries, and have power to spare. It...
• Generators et al
  Historical mailing list - Rob Gunter
  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:54:59 -0500
  Greetings All, I find generators to be annoying. You really need to ask yourself if you NEED that much power. When camping or full...
• Re: me too (solar)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:55:32 -0700
  ...Generators Here we go again on the generator thing. I carry a 1000 watt Honda as a backup to the solar. I've only...
• Re: Yet another Vanagon Hybrid thought.....
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 17:43:54 -0400
  ...Off the batteries we run heavy duty AC inverter that runs an AC motor that turns a generator. The generator will then be used...
• Re: generators vs. camping (long and tiresome)
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Wed, 02 Nov 94 09:02:29 CST
  ...i WANT a generator in my bus ... which is why i bothered to type all that stuff in. :) i personally like the idea of...
• Re: Testing Generator and Volt. Reg.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 95 19:51:22 MST
  ...D It's probably easier to drop the engine to change the generator, but I've done it with the engine in....and if...