---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 04/05/15: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:06 AM - Re: Re: Dimmers driving displays... (Robert L. Nuckolls, III) 2. 06:54 AM - Major disruptions in the flow of electrons . . . (Ronald Cox) 3. 10:23 AM - Re: Major disruptions in the flow of electrons . . . (Robert L. Nuckolls, III) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:06:24 AM PST US From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Re: Dimmers driving displays... At 13:23 2015-04-03, you wrote: > >I simply used the relay and connected the relay to my existing nav >light switch to switch the relay. That way I did not have to add >any extra switches, > >John Snapp Hmmmm . . . that seems to be the minimal parts count solution. Any other candidates? Bob . . . ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:54:59 AM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Major disruptions in the flow of electrons . . . From: Ronald Cox It certainly makes the same point, in a non-aviation way. The same analysis led us to the installation (self-installation) of an auto-starting 15KW standby generator a few years back. The cost is very low compared to the risk, in an electrically-dependent home (several essential sump pumps which become critical when there's lots of rain, in addition to 2 refrigerators.). And plumbed-in NG sure beats filling gasoline tanks every couple of hours in the middle of the night, too! When one isn't able to be physically there all the time to deal with it if it happens, the automatic part (though nothing is 100% reliable, of course) sure helps one sleep better when flying around the world, whether on vacation, or working. Unlike the cockpit, where a well-informed pilot can flip the necessary switches! Sure doesn't hurt to have your Dad be an electrical whiz, either! Hope all is back to normal for them soon. Our setup has saved us on a couple of occasions, though nearly always, as it would happen, when I was around. Good investment, IMHO. Ron Cox Glasair Super II F/T just about ready to go! Time: 08:33:56 AM PST US > From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" > > Subject: AeroElectric-List: Major disruptions in the flow of electrons . . > . > > > Two nights ago, Wichita and surrounds were hit > by a storm that was apparently limited to straight > line winds . . . no tornadic activity . . . but > wind is wind . . . whether it spins or just blows. > > http://tinyurl.com/ooy9by8 > > Our home in Wichita occupied by our son, daughter- > in-law and 5 kids was one of 30,000 homes in area > deprived of power . . . including the home of my > father-in-law right behind our house. The damage > is such that power is not expected to be restored > until Monday. > > We drove two generators up to Wichita and spent > some time yesterday afternoon getting the two > houses lit up and refrigerators refrigerating. > My son also has a 100gal salt-water tank > that is easily stressed when deprived of power > to maintain temperature and circulation. It's > no small task to create a bit of ocean in your > living room. At particular risk was a lot > of corals that grow in his tank . . . > > So we were pleased to see the numbers coming > back into good order as the little hummer on > the patio shouldered the loads. > > We had generators on hand to support the son's > shaved ice trailer that he takes to various > happenings over the summer . . . and another one > to support our own minimal needs out in the boonies. > > Funny tho, this is the second time in less than > a year that we had to power up the Wichita homestead > although last year was for only 24 hours. > > I've got a natural gas conversion kit for my > generator, not yet installed and plumbed. As > I was hooking Zach up yesterday I was eyeing > a gas line coming out of the house three > feet away that powers a gas grill . . . maybe > I ought to get an NG kit for Zach's machine too. > > Whether it's cockpits, airframes and passengers > -OR- refrigerators, grand kids and coral micro- > reefs, it's all about FMEA . . . anticipating > probabilities of the greatest risks while striving > to have an adequate and convenient plan-B in > place. > > Fly comfortably and confidently my friends . . . > > > Bob . . . > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:23:25 AM PST US From: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Major disruptions in the flow of electrons . . . > >Hope all is back to normal for them soon. Our >setup has saved us on a couple of occasions, >though nearly always, as it would happen, when I was around. > >Good investment, IMHO. Agreed. They're still in the Endurance Mode. Target time for having the mains back up is still 5:00 am tomorrow morning. I think I can talk Zach through the process of replacing the meter by phone so . . . for the moment . . . the light at the end of the tunnel appears not to be an oncoming train. I think Zach ran an extension over to a neighbors house so that they could plug in their freezer overnight to get the temps back down in the box. I stopped by HF to pick up a 10/3 extension cord from which to fab a generator-to-house jumper cable. Asked about their stock of generators. She said there was a line at the door when they opened, all stock gone as fast as they could ring-em up. I suspect the same for all suppliers for dozens of miles around. Events like these portend an upcoming boom in used generators showing up on Craigs List, garage sales, etc. Bought a several 'lightly used' machines in that market some years back. 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