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Our neighbors are several hundred feet away, here's how we tell when power comes back on: we stop hearing the sound of their generator over the sound of the 803a running in our back yard! :) -- Carl

Nice! Now I have tractor envy, no way I could do a pick from the end with mine... -- Carl

Here's mine, it's low enough profile that I can't hit it with the forks. -- Carl

That's a nice setup. Does it ever get in the way when you're moving the unit with pallet forks? -- Carl

I'm interested in a set. -- Carl

I second this suggestion. Mine cost $50, but I bet you could find one for free if you watched CL long enough. When I turn everything on it pulls 60A. Once it gets good and hot some of the elements will cycle, making the testing a little more like the real world. -- Carl

Thanks for the replies, guys. While I was load banking I had a digital Hz meter hooked up and it was steady. The analog gauge would slowly work lower a couple Hz over time. At first I wondered: what makes it move lower? Then I remembered to try tapping on it and that fixed it for a bit. After...

I spent a few hours today doing my part to keep Central Florida warm with my 803 and oven. While I was load testing I kept seeing the Hz gauge slide down a few half-Hz ticks. If I tapped on the gauge it would straighten up and fly right for a while (probably waiting for me to stop looking at it)...

I found anodized ones in the Grade 8 hardware section of the local blue big box store. -- Carl

Where do I look for a fancy yellow-colored 3/4" washer? Don't recall seeing those at the big box store, but maybe they live on an aisle I'm not familiar with. Would it be bad to use a galvanized washer with the brass fitting? -- Carl

Wow, how have I missed this thread? Great work! -- Carl

I used to buy '80s arcade games and get them working again (Tempest, Stargate, Robotron). Some of the boards, especially for Williams games, could be swapped out of a common chassis to change the game. By the time I got them, these boards had been tossed on a shelf in a warehouse for a decade or...

Ran across this article today... in-puerto-rico-generators-divide-those-with-and-those-without

Search for "welding table wheels". Welding forums always have someone building their ultimate welding table then trying to figure out how to move that 1500 pound beast around the shop. Some good ideas out there. -- Carl

Oh great, now I want one of those.... :)

If you hooked a small (mower) engine up to a 24V alternator do you think it would be able to start an 803 without batteries to back it up? My kid is always messing with small engines and I was thinking of trying to make a crash cart for jump starting stuff. -- Carl

These are used with helicopters, right? I think I got it figured out... You've probably heard about the increase in "helicopter parenting", anyone with kids knows how much energy it takes to raise them, maybe these parents are looking for supplemental power! :naner: Man, I wish that...

"I only need 60Hz, so I'll have 340Hz to spare!" :)

Okay, our power is back and I have 110 more hours on the 803. Glad I was able to swap out that fuel pump the day before the storm... guess it's safe to say it works! Now I need to give it a good load test run to atone for all the light loading. -- Carl

At one point I searched for all the posts you made with the word "salt" in them... :) -- Carl