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Horst, wow, please.do not work on your truck.like that. I almost got killed that way with an old Chevy when the jack stands collapsed into the dirt and the vehicle fell. Always have something to support them! Munich? That is a nice new airport you have there. Too bad I can't get a fresh...

Unless you have means to charge for the power you are providing, rather than that which is actually being used. I.e. real power vs apparent power. In layman's terms: beer or foam... A a glass of each cost the same, which would.you prefer?

IMHO, there is no benefit in knowing the powerfactor of any given load on a generator if you don't have any way to.correct it. Unless you have some capacitor banks you can switche on or off as needed, it is simply unless information. Not being rude,just trying to put it into perspective.

How do you figure that? Any AC electrical circuit that is.not.100% resistance load will have a.power.factor. Which, is the phase angle.relationship.between the voltage and current. You can have a single phase or three phase device.

Know.a.guy with the LWS on his HMMWV. Has both a 1919 and a mini. No problems, but lots of.fun. It is amazing how many $ per min spew out of that mini.

Hmm... never thought about adding one. Would be interesting to know how out of phase my voltage and current load is. Of course, since I only have a 20 KW generator, every time the a/c starts it would probably peg it on the lagging side.

My father had a problem with his HOA a few years back. They decided that his Ford Ranchero used for his business violated their rule on old trucks parked where anyone could see them. So, he began to keep it in his garage for the next year where he normally kept his old Ford Model T. After a...

I picked mine up in FL and drove.it home to NC with nothing but insurance. Never got a second look from any LE. To this day, have never had the tag anywhere other than the glovebox. No such thing as temp permit without already having all the necessary docs to register in NC.

It is amazing that any of us survived growing up riding in the back of trucks and farm wagons as children. In the early 70's, it did not seem to bother the government to make me ride a few thousand miles in the back of a deuce. Of course, this usually followed a one way helicopter ride and a...

Perhaps I did not answer the specific question. No, I did not bond the gen neutral to the gen ground. When powering your house like that, bonded at both the gen and panel would create a path for circulating current and is frowned upon. Neutral should only be bonded to ground at one...

I grounded my generator with its own ground rod. Also bonded it.to the metal gas line in the ground. I did not pull a.ground from the generator to the transfer switch or house panel. Passed inspection just fine.

I.have ridden these, the off road version, and it was great. Just need $10 k or so to buy one. Hard to justify.

I also need to install a rear mounted hoist of some sort. Really liked the jet ski one, but need to lift a.bit more weight. That quick detach system looks like the design for me. Want to haul my scooters with the A3. One weighs about 900 lb, the other 600 lbs. I doubt that anything that...

If anyone is planning to use an electric wench, oh I meant winch, do not confuse their lack of safety when you are using it as a hoist. A hoist has a real locking mechanism that a winch does not have. This could give you a surprise if/when your load crashes to the ground just as you went to...

Those of us with A3s have somewhat limited options: 1. Replace the increasingly scarce Michelins with those of questionable condition. 2. Replace with new Continentals by special order. $$ Have heard that Michelins are also availible new for twice the cost of the Continentals, but only...

Nice thing about this hobby/addiction is we all get to fix them up any way we like. Heck, some of us can even drive an A3 without too much flack!

It is called a photo or laser non-contact tachometer.

No, he means a.device that shines a light on a rotating part that has a single reflective mark towards the outer edge. As the part rotates, this device will read the speed, typically as RPM.

Hmm... with all the posts lately about these detaching themselves, I think that dog bone rubber bushing replacement is going to the top of my PM list.

To the best of my knowledge, there are NONE made that are DOT legal for use other than off-road use only. Have any sort of incident on public roads and the non-DOT rating is noticed, and you could be in very big trouble. Yes, there are many that will work. Never heard of anyone getting in...