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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: fightingquaker13 on June 17, 2010, 09:55:22 PM
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Its getting into hurricane season here in the iguana lattitudes. I used to have this silly Jeep brand battery powered TV/radio (which also included a "flaslight" and emergency siren ::)). It sounds absurd, but it wasn't. I rode out three storms with that thing keeping me connected to the outside world. It ran on D cells. I had to pitch it when the shift to HD happened. >:(
Now all I can find are rechargable flat screens with a one hour battery life. ::) Please, if I thought the power would be back on in an hour I wouldn't need the damn thing.
Does anyone know of a battery powered TV and where I might find one? I have looked high and low and am having no luck. Radio will do, but the TV is a plus.
Thanks
FQ13
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This from Harbor Freight
http://www.harborfreight.com/am-fm-band-dynamo-radio-94670.html
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This from Harbor Freight
http://www.harborfreight.com/am-fm-band-dynamo-radio-94670.html
Thanks, but I have the radios. What I want is the TV. Just so I can watch our local media jackals get blown around like balloons while demonstrating that going outside in one hundred mile an hour winds is a bad idea. ;D
FQ13
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Amazon seems to have a pretty good selection of battery powered televisions. The ones I saw, on the first page, ranged from around $70-100. Hope that helps.
Swoop
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This from Harbor Freight
http://www.harborfreight.com/am-fm-band-dynamo-radio-94670.html
Tom
It's bike week. Not that I don't appreciate your help. Still, if you are talking to me, rather than convincing a 22 year old "model" that you are just the guy to make her the hit of DRTV if she believes in guns and bikes (and no lie, she would be), you are too damn old. Tell no lies, deliver what you promise, and strike while the iron is hot. ;) Stop posting, start partying, and give us a range report when its over.
FQ13 who would like to be in the Granite State about now.
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You might want to look at generators. If I could swing it, I'd put in a large 10KW natural gas generator that would run the whole house off the city gas line.
Since I cannot do that, and even if I could, I'd get a portable generator. Since I don't want to mess with gasoline and it's deterioration and gum up problems, I would go for an LP generator similar in size to the portable gasoline generators.
They run outside, are not as noisy and the fumes aren't as dangerous as gasoline. The LP tanks will do double duty in your gas grill, if, heaven forbid, you have forsaken the flavor of charcoal for the easy life of indoor cooking on an outdoor grill.
Run your TV and radio and maybe a few lights. Get two and run your computer and toaster oven too. Or maybe your refrigerator.
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Gee FQ, thanks for the advice. (Like one C/S payment isn't enough ::) ) ;D
PS. Some of the 42 year old don't look to darn shabby ;D
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Thanks, but I have the radios. What I want is the TV. Just so I can watch our local media jackals get blown around like balloons while demonstrating that going outside in one hundred mile an hour winds is a bad idea. ;D
FQ13
Do you have a laptop? if so by a TV tuner, a fully charged laptop will last a few hours
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Here's a novel idea.......when the forecast calls for 100 mph winds, GTFO!!!
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Solus Wrote " I would go for an LP generator similar in size to the portable gasoline generators." .....OK Solus you're now my expert on Generators ;).
I've been thinking about getting one to run my well should the power go down and, as I have several Propane cylinders was thinking about trying to run one on that, is LP the same?, the Propane sure seems to burn smokey & 'wet' when under a kitchen pan, will this screw up a generator?
Didn't mean to hijack your thread FQ,
MP
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You can come to my house after the storm FQ, my house will HAVE A GENERATOR!!!!!! (Hint,Hint,......) :-*
Go get one, and fuggeditabowtit....... ::)
Seriously, my old man had a D-Cell Tiny TV/radio back in the day.... Ebay, survival web site?
Bic, whether LP, gas, or diesel gens,....they are designed to run under load, at least 75-80%. If they don't, it is actually not good for the field generator, motor, or load bank which creates the electricity. This can cause them to smoke, amongst other things.
Be sure you have the output to your well, breaker protected and isolated from the house power, with a "break before make" type switch, otherwise if the power company gets you back on, while the gen is also running your well,
you get a kaboom.
tt, 100mph ain't too bad, it's them 130+ gusts that make things interesting... :o
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You can come to my house after the storm FQ, my house will HAVE A GENERATOR!!!!!! (Hint,Hint,......) :-*
Go get one, and fuggeditabowtit....... ::)
Seriously, my old man had a D-Cell Tiny TV/radio back in the day.... Ebay, survival web site?
Bic, whether LP, gas, or diesel gens,....they are designed to run under load, at least 75-80%. If they don't, it is actually not good for the field generator, motor, or load bank which creates the electricity. This can cause them to smoke, amongst other things.
Be sure you have the output to your well, breaker protected and isolated from the house power, with a "break before make" type switch, otherwise if the power company gets you back on, while the gen is also running your well,
you get a kaboom.
tt, 100mph ain't too bad, it's them 130+ gusts that make things interesting... :o
I've got a very nice Honda propane powered one, 12 full gas tanks, and a seperate breaker box. I will be sipping frozen margaritas after the storm, outside, just to piss the neighbors off. 8) The issue is while its going on. The generator will be in the garage. With the rain bands and line squalls on either end, figuring a twenty mile per hour travel speed, that still gives you the better part of a day before its safe to get the generator going. Plus, the cable will still be shot. I don't know about you, but my TV isn't geared for antanea reception. So I still need the thing.
FQ13
FQ13
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Did I mention Inverters with golf cart batteries? Works great...for TV.....Just make sure their true "Sine Wave" inverters.
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Get an over-sized hamster wheel and hook it to an alternator, tied to a battery, tied to an inverter......then throw a couple of iguanas on it and PRESTO!!!
;D ;D ;D