Battery-Driven Tanis

"Marco Leon" wrote in message
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On Jan 31, 6:41 pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
Sounds like a perfect application for one of those annoying little
Honda generators that we always seem to get stuck next to when
camping...?

Annoying and expensive! The Honda's go for around $600 and the
Coleman's about $450. There's a DuroPower line that runs just north of
$100 but that price makes me take a step back.

Get creative. A weed eater motor driving a car alternator that had one of
it's three diodes go out, and had to replaced comes to mind. Combine that
with an inverter, and you have your needs met, for only junk parts.

That is on my list of "round to-it" projects, for one rainy day. g
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Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote

Get creative. A weed eater motor driving a car alternator that had one of
it's three diodes go out, and had to replaced comes to mind. Combine that
with an inverter, and you have your needs met, for only junk parts.

Something else I just remembered. I think instructions are out there to
change the output of an alternator to 120 volts DC. The heater does not
care if it is getting AC or DC. You would not even need an inverter, then.
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Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message
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Get creative. A weed eater motor driving a car alternator that had one of
it's three diodes go out, and had to replaced comes to mind. Combine that
with an inverter, and you have your needs met, for only junk parts.

Amazon has a generator for $89. Sounds like what you just descibed. Shipping
is $42, so I passed.