This last winter, out power went out in a snow storm. My son had a big project due the next day and all of it was on his desktop computer, so I did the redneck thing, I fired up the beast, connected my inverter, ran extension cords into the house and into the basement where the DSL modem is, pulled his hard drive and hookes it to my laptop via IDE/USB connector, pluggen in a printer, small flourescent light, and my fish filters to keep them from croakng. Amazingly that little 300w inverter powered it all with the Dodge's help! Makes me want to hook a genset to my PTO!

 

And I thought getting a gas powered stick welder was .

Good thinking, how did the project come out?

Michael

 

He got an "A" and we had lots of laughs!

 

I had to wrap (loosley) the inverter in a plastic bag to keep the falling snow from shorting it out!

 

Great story!

 

i actually think that would be really cool

 

^ I do have the gas powered Onan Linchlon Electric, for about 1yr now... never started it since I have it? Anyone want to teach me to weld?

My dad was selling his house and needed it out.. so I took it for the generator mostly, my sister wants it because she took a welding class

Michael

 

When hurricane Charley came through last year I had the truck pulled up to the front door of the house with a 750 inverter. Ran through the entire event while we had TV, lights and fans going. Stuff flying around the neighborhood, truck didn't miss a beat.


Den

 

Hey Michael, you shouldn't tell people you have a welder you don't use, it'll definitely get it some use. Anyway, I'm assuming it's a stick wleder, I can give you some pointers but I'm not great. If by chance it is a mig, there real easy to learn on (and great for exhaust work). Let me know if you need any help with it.

 

Den,
Your story tops mine for sure! That was gutsy! (gusty).

 

shoulda pulled the truck inside, then no chance of it getting damaged.

 

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Here is my little standby genset.
Hey I am all ready and waiting for the next hurricane to hit Southern California.
I have a 3000 watt ProSine inverter onboard my truck.
Last time we went up to the snow, I plugged in a electric blanket and we kept warm in the cab.

Hey mhuppertz that is a good survival story. Shows you can think to beat the odds.

 

^ And I thought mine was big

 

I did the same thing with my 750 watt invertor. Came back from Wasaga Beach cuz no power there either. Got home and connected my freezer for three hours and then plugged in my fridge for three hours. Everyone else I know lost their food. I didn't.
Only problem was the ex fiancee at the time couldn't dry her hair cuz she had a 1600watt
dryer. It only worked on fan without heat.

 

I've often wondered about the possibility of somehow putting a PTO shaft output in the transfer case (My NP205 anyway), and having it run a generator such as this:



Such as found here: http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...Id=8795&R=8795



I got over it though, bought a Dayton (Genrac) PTO driven 25Kw generator (50Kw peak), and run it with the JohnDeere 5210. 109 amps @ 240vac all day long.

Oodly enough, I don't think the power even flickered in the three years after I first got it (Murphy's Law )