[Coco] [Color Computer] [coco] Off topic... sort of...

[Chester A Patterson]

Hi. Among the several things we sell in Costa Rica are generators, some
of them awfully big. We offer what is called the standard tank (2-4
hours worth) and optionally a day tank (24 hours worth) Your controller
may have a set of relay contacts to fill the standard tank from the day
tank automatically upon a preset (by you) period of time. An optional
ATS (Automatic Transfer Switch) will cause your genset to kick in
automatically at a preset (again, by you) time of mains power outage.
Some ATS also offer more sophisticated controls, like managing your fuel
tanks. /Chester

-----Original Message-----
From: George's Coco Address [mailto:yahoo at dvdplayersonly.com] 
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 10:12 PM
To: ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Coco] [Color Computer] [coco] Off topic... sort of...

.... Well, mostly off topic... I did mention my coco!

Tonight, we are having a fairly harsh thunderstorm. I lost A/C power
about two hours ago. I've been running my house off an Onan generator
since.

It's cool that I can still operate my computers, communicate between
this XP box and the coco and (even still) get online to transfer the
files to my website.

 The thing that comes to mind now is that when I set this gen-set up, I
did so in fair weather. I did not consider the conditions that may be
present when the time comes to use the generator.

 Trying to fill the fuel tank in the rain is tough. We don't want water
in it, right?

 Going outside in the first place is not a fun thing, during a storm. I
never did build a remote box for it. Therefore, I have to go out there
to start it..

 My next project is to build a remote box for the generator so I can
start it from INSIDE the house!

George