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| [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger [message #60255] |
Thu, 15 October 2009 22:04  |
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USAussie
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G'day,
Having replaced the converter in Double Trouble with a PD-9260 I decided to
do the same with The Blue Streak as it has the original buzz box hooked to a
240-120 VAC step down transformer.
Unfortunately Progressive Dynamics does not make 240 VAC input units so I
began searching here in Australia; below you will find several candidates.
I would appreciate if those of you who are not electrically challenged like
yours truly would review the specs for the units below and comment.
1) This unit has inputs from three sources - 240VAC - Alternator - Solar
Panels
http://www.rgb007.com/product_disp.php?type_id=57&product_id=177
2) This unit has input from only one source - 240 VAC
http://www.rgb007.com/product_disp.php?type_id=57&product_id=206
Rob Mueller
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
'75 Avion - USA - The Parts Coach TZE 365V100324
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Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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| Re: [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger [message #60279 is a reply to message #60255] |
Thu, 15 October 2009 23:22  |
Ken Burton
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When I saw the title of this posting I expected to see an upside down Kangaroo pedaling a bicycle attached to an alternator/generator.
It is good that you did not accept my offer of a ride to the airport. You would have missed your airplane. We did not get out of there until 12:00 noon.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger [message #60285 is a reply to message #60279] |
Fri, 16 October 2009 05:07 |
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USAussie
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Ken,
It was kind of you to offer!
I had a nice ride up to a gas station near where Richard & Sharon Smith live
in Castle Rock. Richard had to head home to get ready to go race his Alfa
Romeo the next day so Sharon took me to the airport from there. I was a bit
embarrassed as it was a fair hike from Castle Rock to the airport.
I checked in and relaxed that afternoon, had a nice dinner and got to the
airport the next day with no stress!
Now let me go see if I can catch that Kangaroo!
All the best,
Rob Mueller
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
'75 Avion - USA - The Parts Coach TZE 365V100324
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From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org
[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Ken Burton
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 3:22 PM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger
When I saw the title of this posting I expected to see an upside down
Kangaroo pedaling a bicycle attached to an alternator/generator.
It is good that you did not accept my offer of a ride to the airport. You
would have missed your airplane. We did not get out of there until 12:00
noon.
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Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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| Re: [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger [message #60289 is a reply to message #60272] |
Fri, 16 October 2009 05:50 |
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USAussie
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Gene,
Hadn't thought of that!
I'll drop a line to Progressive Dynamics to see what they say about running
it off a step down transformer supplying 120VAC @ 50HZ.
Thanks,
Rob Mueller
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
'75 Avion - USA - The Parts Coach TZE 365V100324
-----Original Message-----
From: gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org
[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Mr.erf ERFisher
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 2:57 PM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger
that works great, just keep the stepdown it is cheaper and will be fine.
If it ran the buzz box it will run the PD. Might have to use a cheaper PD
,better any way , I hate combo boxes
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=30923
gene
> Having replaced the converter in Double Trouble with a PD-9260 I decided
to
> do the same with The Blue Streak as it has the original buzz box hooked to
> a
> 240-120 VAC step down transformer.
>
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"Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today --- give him a URL and
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Alternator Protection Cable
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Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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| Re: [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger [message #60305 is a reply to message #60299] |
Fri, 16 October 2009 08:50 |
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USAussie
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Bruce,
THANKS!
I had already spotted their Pure Sine Wave inverters and was going to import
one for The Blue Streak as they are not sold in Australia.
Where did you buy the charger?
Thanks,
Rob Mueller
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
'75 Avion - USA - The Parts Coach TZE 365V100324
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[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Hislop
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 12:12 AM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger
Rob,
This is what I use:
http://www.samlexamerica.com/products/productdescription.asp?ProductsID=8002
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It does both 120V/60Hz and 240V/50Hz. Just set the dip switches for "loaded
battery" operation to act as a power supply and charger.
You can likely source this model right in Australia.
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Bruce Hislop,
S. Ontario Canada
77PB, 455
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=1906
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Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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| Re: [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger [message #60308 is a reply to message #60255] |
Fri, 16 October 2009 09:36 |
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RF_Burns
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Rob,
I use some Samlex equipment in my business so I buy them from a number of our usual distributors.
Hutton Communications based in Texas is one we buy from and can recommend.
http://www.samlexamerica.com/distributors/united_states.htm
Switching power supplies do not really care about 50/60Hz, the voltage maybe switch selectable, or could be wide voltage input from 100 to 250volts.
We have used their Sine Wave inverters as well. I can't say that I have ever had one of their pieces of equipment fail so far.
Bruce Hislop
ON Canada
77PB, 455 Dick P. rebuilt, DynamicEFI EBL EFI & ESC.
1 ton front end
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=29001
My Staff says I never listen to them, or something like that
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| Re: [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger [message #60681 is a reply to message #60255] |
Mon, 19 October 2009 13:01 |
Craig Lechowicz
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>And just what is it you propose to do with it if you do catch it? Are
>you sure about who will have whom?
>Ken H.
>Rob Mueller wrote:
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> Now let me go see if I can catch that Kangaroo!
Rob/Ken,
Not sure I remember all this joke correctly, but a proud Aussie father engages a call girl for his boy's 18th birthday present. When she walks in the room and explains what she is there for, he immediately starts moving all the furniture out of the center of the room. Puzzled, the lady asks him what he's doing and is reply is, "If this is anything like what it is with Roo's, were going to need a lot more room!"
Craig Lechowicz
'77 Kingsley, Waterford, MI
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| Re: [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger [message #60694 is a reply to message #60681] |
Mon, 19 October 2009 15:02 |
Chr$
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| Craig Lechowicz wrote on Mon, 19 October 2009 11:01 |
>And just what is it you propose to do with it if you do catch it? Are
>you sure about who will have whom?
>Ken H.
>Rob Mueller wrote:
> ...
> Now let me go see if I can catch that Kangaroo!
Rob/Ken,
Not sure I remember all this joke correctly, but a proud Aussie father engages a call girl for his boy's 18th birthday present. When she walks in the room and explains what she is there for, he immediately starts moving all the furniture out of the center of the room. Puzzled, the lady asks him what he's doing and is reply is, "If this is anything like what it is with Roo's, were going to need a lot more room!"
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| Re: [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger [message #60696 is a reply to message #60694] |
Mon, 19 October 2009 15:14 |
tphipps
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Did you convert the generator to a 240v one also? PD with step-down sounds like the cheaper solution, if you have to deal with a 120v genset.
Tom Phipps
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
KA4CSG
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| Re: [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger [message #60699 is a reply to message #60696] |
Mon, 19 October 2009 16:03 |
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USAussie
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Tom,
Yes, the PO removed the Onan and installed a Chinese 4.5KVA generator.
Regards,
Rob Mueller
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
'75 Avion - USA - The Parts Coach TZE 365V100324
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[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Phipps
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:15 AM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger
Did you convert the generator to a 240v one also? PD with step-down sounds
like the cheaper solution, if you have to deal with a 120v genset.
Tom Phipps
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Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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| [GMCnet] Cool new tail-light lenses [message #60701 is a reply to message #60699] |
Mon, 19 October 2009 16:23 |
Fin Beven
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Thanks to Jim K for the new tail lights.
Thanks to Dan Gregg for his advice to me on installation while we were at
the Pueblo rally.
The new tail lights look just great, but I was concerned about the
complexity of installation. Dan Gregg made is sound easy, and here's what I
did:
I've got a table saw, and so I set the fence at 1" and raised the blade as
high as it would go.
I covered the new lenses with masking tape to help prevent possible
scratching on the saw, then ran each lens through 4 times, once on each
side. This just left a small piece of plastic in the middle that the blade
did not reach, and this was easily cut with a hack-saw blade.
Now my light assembly was just a lens. With the old tail-light lens and
trim removed, all I had to do was hold the new lens in position, drill 4
pilot-holes (the old holes did not match up), and attach the new lenses with
the stainless self-taping screws Jim K included with the package.
The "other way" (replacing the whole light assembly) may be preferred by
some, but this is what worked for me. All up, I think I had both sides
finished in about an hour.
Again, thanks Jim K, and thanks, Dan.
Fin Beven
Pasadena, CA
1976 ex-Edgemonte (with new, great-looking tail-light lenses).
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| Re: [GMCnet] Cool new tail-light lenses [message #60713 is a reply to message #60701] |
Mon, 19 October 2009 18:39 |
jimk
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Fin,
We sell them with new bulb sockets so that you will use the new
assembly and the reflector inside it.
We have seen too many units where the moister had got into the unit
and can see the rusted reflector material .
Fin, I'll send you new lens n/c if you decide t redo it.
Should you decide to keep it that way, I'll give you credit for the
sockets. They are new and cost more than people think.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Fin Beven <FinBeven@msn.com> wrote:
> Thanks to Jim K for the new tail lights.
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> Thanks to Dan Gregg for his advice to me on installation while we were at
> the Pueblo rally.
>
> The new tail lights look just great, but I was concerned about the
> complexity of installation. Â Dan Gregg made is sound easy, and here's what I
> did:
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> I've got a table saw, and so I set the fence at 1" and raised the blade as
> high as it would go.
>
> I covered the new lenses with masking tape to help prevent possible
> scratching on the saw, then ran each lens through 4 times, once on each
> side. Â This just left a small piece of plastic in the middle that the blade
> did not reach, and this was easily cut with a hack-saw blade.
>
> Now my light assembly was just a lens. Â With the old tail-light lens and
> trim removed, all I had to do was hold the new lens in position, drill 4
> pilot-holes (the old holes did not match up), and attach the new lenses with
> the stainless self-taping screws Jim K included with the package.
>
> The "other way" (replacing the whole light assembly) may be preferred by
> some, but this is what worked for me. Â All up, I think I had both sides
> finished in about an hour.
>
> Again, thanks Jim K, and thanks, Dan.
>
> Fin Beven
> Pasadena, CA
> 1976 ex-Edgemonte (with new, great-looking tail-light lenses).
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Cool new tail-light lenses [message #60759 is a reply to message #60701] |
Mon, 19 October 2009 22:56 |
Ken Burton
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That is about the same way I did mine 5 or 6 years ago. If you want the lights to be brighter, cover the old galvanized reflectors with aluminum reflective tape. It makes a big difference.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger [message #60763 is a reply to message #60681] |
Mon, 19 October 2009 23:35 |
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USAussie
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Craig,
Believe it or not but I never heard that one before, I love it! Being a
USAussie (I hold dual citizenship) I will tell it to my Aussie mates to
"give them a go!"
At the Pueblo Convention there was a Kiwi (New Zealander) selling small
decorative rock fires that hooked up to LPG bottles. Ray Schwartzendruber
must have mentioned that there were some more Australians (Peter & Kay
Bailey and me) attending the convention. I'll bet he quickly clarified the
fact that he was from New Zealand and followed up with the joke below:
The Aussies have a beer up in Queensland with 4 "X's" on the can. Its'
called Four X. The reason they call it Four X is because Australian's can't
spell BEER!
Ray repeated the joke at the welcome meeting and the Aussie part of me
couldn't let a bloody Kiwi get away with that so I told this joke.
In New Zealand there are 10 sheep for every person. Aussies have a saying;
"New Zealand, where the men are men and the sheep are nervous!"
Regards,
Rob Mueller
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
'75 Avion - USA - The Parts Coach TZE 365V100324
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Craig Lechowicz
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 5:01 AM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Australian Battery Charger
>And just what is it you propose to do with it if you do catch it? Are
>you sure about who will have whom?
>Ken H.
>Rob Mueller wrote:
> ...
> Now let me go see if I can catch that Kangaroo!
Rob/Ken,
Not sure I remember all this joke correctly, but a proud Aussie father
engages a call girl for his boy's 18th birthday present. When she walks in
the room and explains what she is there for, he immediately starts moving
all the furniture out of the center of the room. Puzzled, the lady asks him
what he's doing and is reply is, "If this is anything like what it is with
Roo's, were going to need a lot more room!"
--
Craig Lechowicz
'77 Kingsley, Waterford, MI
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Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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