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<big>I believe Bob mentioned he is using a 1000 watt inverter...<br>
This won't run much heat for sure... If it will survive the start up
load<br>
of a refrigerator it for sure won't run anything else at the same
time...<br>
I think it might be easier to just bring an extension cord to the
appliance<br>
coming from the inverter and stay away from the in house wiring....<br>
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I did exactly what Bob has done almost 50 years ago (double male cord)<br>
and my neighbor and from high school friend who worked for hydro<br>
told me what he thought about it... They really hate people that feed
power<br>
into a ;line that is supposed to be down....<br>
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Tad N1QAG<br>
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</big>Daron Wilson wrote:
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<pre wrap="">What has thermostats got to do with it? Thermostats for house heating
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not connected across 110 vac but use low voltage instead.
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That is completely incorrect. Electric heat can be baseboard radiant
heaters or electric in the wall heaters, both of which are very typically
controlled by 'line voltage' thermostats that drop the entire heater load
onto the line.
No one should be recommending illegal and dangerous procedures for the
masses. Do what you need to do to survive, those of us with electrical
licenses often connect to and use electricity in ways that the untrained
user should not. I have a nice receptacle with flexible leads and large
alligator clips so I can power things off of almost any electrical source on
the job as needed. However, I would never recommend the equipment to
anyone!
Now, please, can we get back to APRS? This is utterly ridiculous.
73 Daron N7HQR
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