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Don Lancaster
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Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:45 pm Post subject:
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Rita Ä Berkowitz wrote:
| Quote: | Don Lancaster wrote:
Removing the batteries and calling them inverters might work quite
well.
Only if the units he has are able to do a "cold start". Some older UPS
units don't have this option. I don't recall if his models will.
Rita
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The key question is whether the unit is or can be reworked for twelve
volt input.
Sometimes simply renaming things works quite well.
Pen plotter motors would not sell at any price but laser lightshow
galvos flew on out of here.
To convert a pen plotter motor to a laser lightshow galvo, you remove
anything extra that is bent or broke.
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BOB URZ
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Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:09 am Post subject:
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Ignoramus30020 wrote:
| Quote: | On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 15:56:51 -0500, R Totale <slangtruth@yahoo.com> wrote:
On 5 Feb 2005 20:45:34 GMT, Ignoramus30020
ignoramus30020@NOSPAM.30020.invalid> wrote:
I will take off power cords and other valuable stuff and take the rest
to the dumpster. Power cords are quite awesome, 8 gauge flexible range
plug with the cable that is like 6 foot long.
Cut the plugs off both ends and solder on terminal lugs, and market
them to hi-fi nuts as the latest miracle speaker cable for $100
apiece. Be sure to talk about how they provided an awesome soundstage
and removed all veiling, and you're selling them only because they're
too revealing of the other flaws in your rig.
Hahaha. You forgot that I should mention "improved believability of
sound". Seriously speaking, I should salvage plenty of 6 gauge wires
with terminals, and various electrical thingys. I will keep a lot of
that stuff.
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You can ebay them: you just need to be creative.
Now keep in mind its winter....
Ebay:
For sale: UPS ( Universal Propulsion for Snow)
Put this UPS in the truck of your RWD car or truck and watch
your vehicle cut through those drifts! The UPS has a patented system
to shift the electronic weight over the rear wheels thus increasing traction!
You will be able to head out into weather you never thought possible
without the UPS! Get yours now before you get stuck!
Buy it now for $99.95!
Caution: no normal shipping. will ship on pallet by truck only for actual cost.
;)
Bob
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Ken Weitzel
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Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:49 am Post subject:
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BOB URZ wrote:
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Ignoramus30020 wrote:
On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 15:56:51 -0500, R Totale <slangtruth@yahoo.com> wrote:
On 5 Feb 2005 20:45:34 GMT, Ignoramus30020
ignoramus30020@NOSPAM.30020.invalid> wrote:
I will take off power cords and other valuable stuff and take the rest
to the dumpster. Power cords are quite awesome, 8 gauge flexible range
plug with the cable that is like 6 foot long.
Cut the plugs off both ends and solder on terminal lugs, and market
them to hi-fi nuts as the latest miracle speaker cable for $100
apiece. Be sure to talk about how they provided an awesome soundstage
and removed all veiling, and you're selling them only because they're
too revealing of the other flaws in your rig.
Hahaha. You forgot that I should mention "improved believability of
sound". Seriously speaking, I should salvage plenty of 6 gauge wires
with terminals, and various electrical thingys. I will keep a lot of
that stuff.
i
You can ebay them: you just need to be creative.
Now keep in mind its winter....
Ebay:
For sale: UPS ( Universal Propulsion for Snow)
Put this UPS in the truck of your RWD car or truck and watch
your vehicle cut through those drifts! The UPS has a patented system
to shift the electronic weight over the rear wheels thus increasing traction!
You will be able to head out into weather you never thought possible
without the UPS! Get yours now before you get stuck!
Buy it now for $99.95!
Caution: no normal shipping. will ship on pallet by truck only for actual cost.
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Delivery may be delayed due to weather conditions... particularly
if the roads are snow covered.
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Ignoramus30020
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Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:58 am Post subject:
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On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 14:27:08 -0700, Don Lancaster <don@tinaja.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Rita Ä Berkowitz wrote:
Don Lancaster wrote:
Removing the batteries and calling them inverters might work quite
well.
Only if the units he has are able to do a "cold start". Some older UPS
units don't have this option. I don't recall if his models will.
Rita
The key question is whether the unit is or can be reworked for twelve
volt input.
Sometimes simply renaming things works quite well.
Pen plotter motors would not sell at any price but laser lightshow
galvos flew on out of here.
To convert a pen plotter motor to a laser lightshow galvo, you remove
anything extra that is bent or broke.
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ROTFLMAO.
i
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BrotherBart
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Sun Feb 06, 2005 5:38 am Post subject:
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| Quote: | Put this UPS in the truck of your RWD car or truck and watch
your vehicle cut through those drifts! The UPS has a patented system
to shift the electronic weight over the rear wheels thus increasing
traction!
You will be able to head out into weather you never thought possible
without the UPS! Get yours now before you get stuck!
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When I was a teenager our neighbor put a tombstone that the engraver had
screwed up in the trunk of his full size Pontiac in winter for traction. |
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LPV
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Sun Feb 06, 2005 8:40 am Post subject:
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BrotherBart wrote:
| Quote: | When I was a teenager our neighbor put a tombstone that the engraver had
screwed up in the trunk of his full size Pontiac in winter for traction.
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Was it the dead of winter?
Loren |
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Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:02 am Post subject:
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On 4 Feb 2005 20:26:48 GMT, Ignoramus18142
<ignoramus18142@NOSPAM.18142.invalid> wrote:
| Quote: | On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:18:43 -0500, Rita Ä Berkowitz <ritaberk2O04@aol.com> wrote:
"Ignoramus18142" <ignoramus18142@NOSPAM.18142.invalid> wrote in message
I made about $2,500 to $2,800 on APC 1,400 VA units, 2 years
ago. Bought 2 skids with 28 of them, all with shot batteries, replaced
batteries with help of a friend, and sold the UPSes on ebay.
That's not bad. The 1400s fall well bellow our acceptable price per pound
ratio and we don't screw with them. In today's market the 1400s are
worthless. Even the Matrix 5000 is in the dirt. The Symmetras do extremely
well off eBay.
Yes, it seems times are changing. Even 2-3 years ago, Ferrups UPSes
were selling relatively well.
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Since good line in teractive and dual conversion true sine wave u its
have become reasonable, the Ferrups market has all but dried up - and
that's getting well over 10 years now.
| Quote: | I discussed this on rec.crafts.metalworking, and concluded that i do
not want to make welders. I could sell the rectifiers, if you think
that they are worth something.
I would try writing a creative description and a title that has creative
uses for them and list them on eBay with a $50 starting bid. I find listing
an item's alternative use instead of name and model number work great for
items that don't sell.
I will give it a shot. I have a monster transformer that weighs
300 pounds.
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B.B.
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Mon Feb 07, 2005 8:41 am Post subject:
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In article <cu0lq8$e8t$0@pita.alt.net>,
Ignoramus18142 <ignoramus18142@NOSPAM.18142.invalid> wrote:
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| Quote: | I would try writing a creative description and a title that has creative
uses for them and list them on eBay with a $50 starting bid. I find listing
an item's alternative use instead of name and model number work great for
items that don't sell.
I will give it a shot. I have a monster transformer that weighs
300 pounds.
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Advertise it as "Catapult ballast." Or perhaps "Tokamak LEGO set."
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Harold and Susan Vordos
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:46 pm Post subject:
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"LPV" <lvetterREMOVECRAPOLA@isd.net> wrote in message
news:110bgccp20bmh92@corp.supernews.com...
| Quote: | BrotherBart wrote:
When I was a teenager our neighbor put a tombstone that the engraver had
screwed up in the trunk of his full size Pontiac in winter for traction.
Was it the dead of winter?
Loren
Chuckle! |
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:34 pm Post subject:
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Flog the heavy semiconductors, especially the SCR/FETpack/IGBT's (the
ones on the big heatsinks with more than 2 connexions each). Many of
these are becoming obsolete by the day and are really sought by shops
which do commercial gear.
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:42 pm Post subject:
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Ignoramus18142 wrote:
| Quote: | I have three UPSes:
1. Clary OnGuard 3 phase 5 kVa UPS, no batteries
2. Clary OnGuard 1 phase 5 kVa UPS, no batteries
3. Ferrups 3.0 kVa inline model UPS (no outlets), no batteries
All are working.
I would like to demolish these UPSes, take out what I can sell and
auction these parts on ebay. I recently demolished an even bigger
Data
General UPS (about 8 kW) and sold the capacitors from it for $75. The
rest is a big pile of unidentifiable parts. Some look like huge
diodes
and transistors. I am afraid that some of those parts have value that
I would have hard times capturing (maybe I took apart a large and
usable rectifier, for example), so, I do not want to make the same
mistake again.
I would like to know which parts of those UPSes are really desirable.
Capacitors?
Rectifiers?
Anything else?
Any thoughts on this will be appreciated. I will use this as an
opportunity to learn about electronics.
Thanks!
i
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Do you ever find 12v dc power supplies through those government
auctions? I am looking for about a 20 amp one. |
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Ignoramus6625
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:08 pm Post subject:
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On 8 Feb 2005 07:42:34 -0800, stryped@hotmail.com <stryped@hotmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Do you ever find 12v dc power supplies through those government
auctions? I am looking for about a 20 amp one.
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I do not have anything like that right now, I believe that I have a
24V or 48V one, but have not checked it out yet. Can you use a battery
charger? I bought one at walmart for about $80, it can supply 20A 14
or so volts continuously.
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Gunner
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 11:26 pm Post subject:
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On 8 Feb 2005 07:42:34 -0800, stryped@hotmail.com wrote:
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Do you ever find 12v dc power supplies through those government
auctions? I am looking for about a 20 amp one.
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www.recomp.tv
They have a bunch of powersupplies, including a number suitable for
plating and so forth.
Ask for Ed Cisneros. Tell him Gunner referred you.
Gunner
" We have all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million
typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of
Shakespeare...Thanks to AOL and WebTv, we know this is not possible." |
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NSM
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:58 am Post subject:
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"BrotherBart" <BrotherBart@whoseyourdaddy.net> wrote in message
news:5OcNd.16789$uc.14736@trnddc03...
| Quote: | Put this UPS in the truck of your RWD car or truck and watch
your vehicle cut through those drifts! The UPS has a patented system
to shift the electronic weight over the rear wheels thus increasing
traction!
You will be able to head out into weather you never thought possible
without the UPS! Get yours now before you get stuck!
When I was a teenager our neighbor put a tombstone that the engraver had
screwed up in the trunk of his full size Pontiac in winter for traction.
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Add a hook to the door handle and you're all set!
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 4:57 am Post subject:
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On 8 Feb 2005 16:08:00 GMT, Ignoramus6625
<ignoramus6625@NOSPAM.6625.invalid> wrote:
| Quote: | On 8 Feb 2005 07:42:34 -0800, stryped@hotmail.com <stryped@hotmail.com> wrote:
Do you ever find 12v dc power supplies through those government
auctions? I am looking for about a 20 amp one.
I do not have anything like that right now, I believe that I have a
24V or 48V one, but have not checked it out yet. Can you use a battery
charger? I bought one at walmart for about $80, it can supply 20A 14
or so volts continuously.
i
You don't want a battery charger - they are poorly filtered and poorly |
regulated. A good HAM radio mobile power supply, or one from a stereo
(auto) demo rack does a good job. I have an 11 amp unit, and used to
have a 25. |
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