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The Little Generator that could – Part Deux

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In response to my first article about little generators, specifically the little $100 ChiCom Special, Mike Hendrix asked the following
When I plugged my motorhome in to it I notice that my circuit tester says the Neutral & hot wires are crossed.
Do you think I should disassemble and switch the connections on the output plug?
The outlet [...]

Posted by neonjohn on December 31st, 2008 under Cool Stuff, Power Generation, RV/Camping | 11 Comments »

The Generator that Could

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There’s been quite a bit of discussion about small generators in several Usenet newsgroups of recent. These two little generators have been the focus of most of the the discussion.

At the top  we have the Universal ChiCom 1000 watt 2-stroke generator, here represented the one sold by Northern tools who supplied the photo. [...]

Posted by neonjohn on December 24th, 2008 under Cool Stuff, Power Generation, RV/Camping | 18 Comments »

Nikon Coolpix 995 Macro demo

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As you can tell from the home page of this blog, I have a web page that long pre-dates this blog (can I say blog anymore times in a single sentence in a blog?) :-)
I continue to face the dilemma of where to put stuff. I don’t like to scatter things around but the [...]

Posted by neonjohn on November 27th, 2008 under Cool Stuff, Photography | 5 Comments »

Emergency Standby Lantern

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And good for camping too.
Question:
>There are a few of us on this list interested in flashlights and similar
>devices. I’m looking for a camping/power outage lantern. Picture a
>propane lantern or slightly smaller, but battery powered. I’d prefer
>something that took D cells, but lantern batteries would be OK, I’d have
>to think about typical rechargeable cells as that [...]

Posted by neonjohn on November 22nd, 2008 under Cool Stuff, Flashahaulism, Q and A | 3 Comments »

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