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Subject:Re: Real 110v AC power off of the engine ?
From:Dennis Haynes
Date:Wed, 3 Oct 2007 17:52:46 -0400

The problem is spinning it at the correct speed to get 60hz and maintaing
that speed at any load.
Dennis

>From: Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
>Reply-To: Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Real 110v AC power off of the engine ?
>Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 20:21:51 -0400
>
>Yeah, I didn't see the prices before I jumped in on this one. Sounds like a
>military-type solution--maybe we could get grants from DOD?
>
>OTOH, it does seem like you could cannibalize an old Honda generator and
>stick a pulley on it, etc., etc., to get 100 VAC--no?