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	<title>Neon's Glow - The Blog of John DeArmond &#187; Cool Stuff</title>
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		<title>The Little Generator that could &#8211; Part Deux</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/12/31/the-little-generator-that-could-part-deux/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/12/31/the-little-generator-that-could-part-deux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power Generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RV/Camping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#38; hot wires are crossed.
Do you think I should disassemble and switch the connections on the output plug?
The outlet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Generator that Could</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/12/24/the-generator-that-could/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power Generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RV/Camping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicom special]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inverter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overload]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johndearmond.com/?p=591</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nikon Coolpix 995 Macro demo</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/11/27/nikon-coolpix-995-macro-demo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/11/27/nikon-coolpix-995-macro-demo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[macro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nikon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t like to scatter things around but the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emergency Standby Lantern</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/11/22/emergency-standby-lantern/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/11/22/emergency-standby-lantern/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flashahaulism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Q and A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[battery powered]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lantern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LED]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lighting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And good for camping too.
Question:
&#62;There are a few of us on this list interested in flashlights and similar
&#62;devices. I&#8217;m looking for a camping/power outage lantern. Picture a
&#62;propane lantern or slightly smaller, but battery powered. I&#8217;d prefer
&#62;something that took D cells, but lantern batteries would be OK, I&#8217;d have
&#62;to think about typical rechargeable cells as that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Mailing List Notification System</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/11/20/new-mailing-list-notification-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/11/20/new-mailing-list-notification-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cool Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new feature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[notification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[way kewl]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johndearmond.com/?p=460</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m proud to announce that I&#8217;ve successfully installed the Subscribe 2 email notification system from these guys.  This package provides a wide range of options for you to be notified whenever I make a new addition to this blog.  You can elect to be notified of everything or just the categories you&#8217;re interested in.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire Wood the easy way or&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/11/17/fire-wood-the-easy-way-or/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/11/17/fire-wood-the-easy-way-or/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BBQ and Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cool Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire wood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stickler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wood stove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work-free heat]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Your looking at an interesting picture.  It shows a number of things.

How to get firewood without working
How your government wastes money
How to heat your cabin for a couple of years for free.

What you see on the left is my GMC/Izuzu medium duty truck fill to capacity with firewood.

A closeup so you can see just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stuff that Drives You Nutz!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/11/17/stuff-that-drives-you-nutz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/11/17/stuff-that-drives-you-nutz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cool Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power Generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue smoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power supply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voltage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johndearmond.com/?p=434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several  months of Torment just ended.  It started innocently enough.  I bought a Wacom Intuos graphics tablet, thinking that I&#8217;d learn to cartoon.  Problem was, this top of the line pad never worked well enough for me to get started.  The mouse worked OK but the pen was jerky sometimes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dissection of a Furnace Fan Motor</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/10/01/dissection-of-a-furnace-fan-motor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/10/01/dissection-of-a-furnace-fan-motor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HVAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dissection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Furnace motor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rotor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thermal overload]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johndearmond.com/?p=415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[or Why There is so Much BS on the Net.
In this post I&#8217;m going to take you through a guided tour of the common everyday fan motor that drives the fan in just about every domestic air conditioner, furnace or heat pump.  At the same time I&#8217;m going to demonstrate why there is so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kudos to Black and Decker</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/08/14/kudos-to-black-and-decker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/08/14/kudos-to-black-and-decker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Product Reviews]]></category>

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I love it when a big company does the right thing.
Awhile back I had read with great interest that Black and Decker had released a new line of consumer/hobbyist grade cordless tools powered by the great new Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries from A123.  This is the lithium battery that is supposed to be safe [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Laser Printers and Inverters</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/08/04/laser-printers-and-inverters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/08/04/laser-printers-and-inverters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inverter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laser printer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power meter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watts up]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A question came up about whether a laser printer would work with an inverter. I first started running an HP LaserJet II on a pure square wave inverter about 20 years ago. Not a pseudo-sine inverter but a brute-force square wave, produced by a &#8220;baseband&#8221; (60hz) Tripp-lite inverter. This thing was a simple transformer-based blocking [...]]]></description>
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