Electric Generators for Emergency Power

Does anyone have experience with portable generators? I was looking at the DuroMax 10000 XP?

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I want to run most of my home, this is an 8000 watt with a 10000 surge. I want something a woman can run and maintain with the least concerns.
Yes, I did have an electrician come to see what I would need for size as I need furnace, grinder pump, fridge and some lights. Just trying to pick a good machine. Elec will istall a transfer panel for 8 circuits.

The Duromax appears to be a Chinese built generator. I’d be very weary about getting one. The low price has a reason. Consider spending a bit more money to get better quality and reliability. Honda is very good but also very expensive. You can get a Briggs and Stratton generator for a reasonable price. Check your local classified ads, CraigsList, and Kijiji for used systems.

Read through my generator pages and links for more information.
http://members.rennlist.org/warren/generator.html
http://members.rennlist.org/warren/Genfaq.html
http://members.rennlist.org/warren/ChoosingGenerator.html

I have a onan motor and the tag is rubbed away the only part I can read is I/10608c Can you tell me info?

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serial # 8903649825 p? I/10608c
This engine is in a john deere garden tractor

honestly this is the easiest thing I can tell you to do. Find an Onan dealer. Give them the serial number and they through a little bit of online digging, they can give you pretty much every thing you need to know about said engine. I imagine it is for a genrator right?

What is the best cost-efficent, safe home generator to purchase for short term power outages?

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After this weekend…looking for some options

Determine your power requirements, fuel source, and whether you want an automated or manual system. From there you can start shopping.

Unless you want to run temporary extension cords throughout your house during an outage you should install a transfer panel. Never use a double male cord to back feed the main panel via a dryer or stove outlet.

Read through my generator pages for ideas.

http://members.rennlist.org/warren/generator.html
http://members.rennlist.org/warren/genfaq.html
http://members.rennlist.org/warren/engine.html
http://members.rennlist.org/warren/ChoosingGenerator.html

Was Obama’s declaration of a health emergency crisis a power grab for his health czar or a push for Obamacare?

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Even the Administration admits that it was preemptive, so the reason for the decision has to empower his health czar with unparalleled powers or to put attention on his effort to force through and upon the American people a government run health care plan.

President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius now has authority to bypass federal rules when opening alternative care sites, such as offsite hospital centers at schools or community centers if hospitals seek permission.

The national emergency declaration was the second of two steps needed to give Sebelius extraordinary powers during a crisis.

It’s a distraction so Obama can get other things done that we don’t want while eyes are focused on the "emergency". It’s the "obama way".

Why don’t electric generators use blocks of copper instead of spools of copper for conducting electricity?

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Do electrons flow better through thin strands of copper? That’s the only thing I can think of.

Thanks for your time and help everyone.

That would be over-killing. Using spools of copper in small capacity generators are meant to minimize the design to limit the cost, weight, purpose, etc.

In larger capacity generators, like in power plants, copper bars are used, as spools of copper become inadequate.

How can I make a homemade electric generator to power my house?

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I was thinking about buying used car batteries from the junk yard and connecting them with jumper cables then testing the connected batteries with a battery tester to see how many volts it has. I havent tried this yet so I dont know if it will work do you guys have any idea on how to make a generator so I wont have to pay for power

To make an electrical generator, you need to have a length of wound copper wire rotating inside a magnetic field (refer to elementary physics).

Gasoline/diesel/etc. generators run basically like your car’s engine, but instead of turning wheels, it uses the motion to rotate the wire inside the magnetic field, producing electricity. Remember, energy can’t be created or destroyed. The chemical potential energy in your combustible fuel is being converted to kinetic energy, which is being converted into electrical energy.

A wind turbine is more "free" in that you don’t have to go out and buy drums of oil to make your electricity. But it works on the same principle, but in this case, it’s the turbine blades catching the wind that spins the copper loop, creating electricity.

As far as your batteries go, you may be able to store it there, but to charge any battery, from AA to car, you need the correct circuit and voltage, or nothing will happen. So you probably can’t use your batteries. But if you can, all that you an do is store the potential energy there, and use it at a later time.

But if you just want to play with making a generator, try this:

First, you need to choose the energy source that you want to convert into electricity. You can use a stationary bicycle, a water wheel, wind turbine, a bored child willing to do some menial work on a set of gears, or virtually anything else with a rotating axle. You do have to choose the source, because as I said - you can’t get energy from nothing.

Take that copper wire that I talked about, and make that loop that I also talked about, but leave two ends free (you need that to form the electric circuit). The larger the number of turns in the loop, the more electricity you can generate for the same amount of rotation. Kind of like an electric pulley system, to use a bad analogy.

Take your loop, and connect it to your energy source. You need to be able to rotate the loop end-over-end, without twisting the two connecting wires about each other, because if they do, you’ll get a short circuit, and boom, it’s done. One way to successfully accomplish this is to connect one wire to the rotating axle and the other wire to a conducting "brush" that maintains contact with a second conductor.

Make sure that you’ve sufficiently supported the loop so that it’s out of the way of any moving parts of the energy source (such as your legs and the pedals if you pay a seven year old to ride a bicycle that never goes anywhere - give them one of those hand-held video games, they’ll never notice). To make sure that you get this right, you may need to reinforce your loop with plastic or another light (but sturdy) material.

Grab some magnets (permanent magnets), and arrange them around the loop so that the loop can rotate freely between them. Take care to ensure that you arrange the magnets to maximize the field strength. One good and simple method is to make the south end of one magnet face the north end of another.

Stick the two conductors on your energy source to a battery, circuit, chainsaw, whatever it is that you want to drive. Again, you need to keep your wires separate to avoid a short circuit, so you’ll need to use some kind of brush mechanism again, or whatever more clever thing that you can come up with that I haven’t considered.

Poke the kid and get him to start peddling, or release your turbine to the wind, whatever you want. The amount of energy that you get from your turbine will depend on the efficiency of its construction, materials used, and how much mechanical energy us put in to drive it and spin the turbine itself (a faster peddling kid will give you more electricity than a slower one).

Run with it. A home-built turbine is unlikely to provide your house with any really useful power, unless you’ve really taken some time, money, and thought into it (which is possible). But you might run some simple things from your standard knock-off generator, such as perhaps basement lighting, that kind of thing.

how to replace the oil level meter for diesel generator KUBOTA ASK R150,I LOST IT?

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I have a KUBOTA ASK R-150B the knob where i put the oil in the diesel engine ,which indicate also the oil level is lost. where can i find one to replace it? if not ;where can i find the dimension to make one new by myself?

try to check on http://www.autozone.com/ it’s help

Does anyone have experience with portable generators? I was looking at the DuroMax 10000 XP?

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I want to run most of my home, this is an 8000 watt with a 10000 surge. I want something a woman can run and maintain with the least concerns.
Yes, I did have an electrician come to see what I would need for size as I need furnace, grinder pump, fridge and some lights. Just trying to pick a good machine. Elec will istall a transfer panel for 8 circuits.

The Duromax appears to be a Chinese built generator. I’d be very weary about getting one. The low price has a reason. Consider spending a bit more money to get better quality and reliability. Honda is very good but also very expensive. You can get a Briggs and Stratton generator for a reasonable price. Check your local classified ads, CraigsList, and Kijiji for used systems.

Read through my generator pages and links for more information.
http://members.rennlist.org/warren/generator.html
http://members.rennlist.org/warren/Genfaq.html
http://members.rennlist.org/warren/ChoosingGenerator.html

What is the best cost-efficent, safe home generator to purchase for short term power outages?

Posted by admin

After this weekend…looking for some options

Determine your power requirements, fuel source, and whether you want an automated or manual system. From there you can start shopping.

Unless you want to run temporary extension cords throughout your house during an outage you should install a transfer panel. Never use a double male cord to back feed the main panel via a dryer or stove outlet.

Read through my generator pages for ideas.

http://members.rennlist.org/warren/generator.html
http://members.rennlist.org/warren/genfaq.html
http://members.rennlist.org/warren/engine.html
http://members.rennlist.org/warren/ChoosingGenerator.html

Was Obama’s declaration of a health emergency crisis a power grab for his health czar or a push for Obamacare?

Posted by admin

Even the Administration admits that it was preemptive, so the reason for the decision has to empower his health czar with unparalleled powers or to put attention on his effort to force through and upon the American people a government run health care plan.

President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius now has authority to bypass federal rules when opening alternative care sites, such as offsite hospital centers at schools or community centers if hospitals seek permission.

The national emergency declaration was the second of two steps needed to give Sebelius extraordinary powers during a crisis.

It’s a distraction so Obama can get other things done that we don’t want while eyes are focused on the "emergency". It’s the "obama way".

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