Preparing for Irene

jackinnj · 26th August 2011, 06:16 PM

Gin for me, Lillet for the XYL and 2 generators. Been charging SLA's all afternoon.

LukasLouw · 26th August 2011, 06:33 PM

I can't find a generator for the love of money around here, Middlesex County - everyone is sold out. My main concern is powering the basement sump pump in case of power outage...

503Timber · 26th August 2011, 06:40 PM

Man I love Portland

Wish you all out there luck through what's looking like a whopper of a storm.

vdi_nenna · 07:18 PM

We are going to get creamed. Have 80 ft trees all around my place.
Guarantee one will hit the house.

LukasLouw · 26th August 2011, 08:18 PM

We have a bunch of 60 to 80 ft trees close to the house also.......

I have a prototype 5 KW 12v Class D power amplifier here that I had designed for a client, and a bunch of 7 AH SLA batteries, so I'm going to feed 60 Hz into the amp and set output to 110V, to see if it'll run the sump pump. The batteries are probably too wimpy to keep it going for any amount of time though.

sofaspud · 26th August 2011, 08:30 PM

Hoping for the best for all you East Coasters and will be thinking of you.

I love a good gin & tonic with a lime wedge in the summertime. I'll be thinking of that too.

SY · 26th August 2011, 08:33 PM

Are those the old Heathkit single-banders?

Cal Weldon · 26th August 2011, 08:33 PM

I'm not a religious man but I am praying for all of you. There's quite a number of members likely affected including Pano, our moderator in N. Carolina and Kevinkr in Mass.

LukasLouw · 26th August 2011, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SY

Are those the old Heathkit single-banders?

No, a mono subwoofer amp

SY · 26th August 2011, 08:39 PM

With VFOs?

26th August 2011, 08:30 PM	#6
sofaspud diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Antonio TX	Hoping for the best for all you East Coasters and will be thinking of you. I love a good gin & tonic with a lime wedge in the summertime. I'll be thinking of that too. __________________ It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from enquiry. - Thomas Paine

26th August 2011, 08:33 PM	#7
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	Are those the old Heathkit single-banders? __________________ “Listening to records is like ****ing a picture of Brigitte Bardot.” - Sergiu Celibidache

26th August 2011, 08:33 PM	#8
Cal Weldon Speakerholic diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: British Columbia	I'm not a religious man but I am praying for all of you. There's quite a number of members likely affected including Pano, our moderator in N. Carolina and Kevinkr in Mass. __________________ Next stop: Margaritaville Some of Cal's stuff \| Cal Weldon Consulting

26th August 2011, 08:39 PM	#10
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	With VFOs? __________________ “Listening to records is like ****ing a picture of Brigitte Bardot.” - Sergiu Celibidache

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26th August 2011, 06:33 PM	#2
LukasLouw diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colonia, NJ	I can't find a generator for the love of money around here, Middlesex County - everyone is sold out. My main concern is powering the basement sump pump in case of power outage...

26th August 2011, 06:40 PM	#3
503Timber diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Portland Oregon	Man I love Portland Wish you all out there luck through what's looking like a whopper of a storm.

26th August 2011, 08:18 PM	#5
LukasLouw diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colonia, NJ	We have a bunch of 60 to 80 ft trees close to the house also....... I have a prototype 5 KW 12v Class D power amplifier here that I had designed for a client, and a bunch of 7 AH SLA batteries, so I'm going to feed 60 Hz into the amp and set output to 110V, to see if it'll run the sump pump. The batteries are probably too wimpy to keep it going for any amount of time though.

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