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Post by sawnami on Jan 11, 2016 8:42:55 GMT -5
Saw this on eBay. Homelite's first saw which was electric and the generator to go with it. Can you imagine lugging all this around to cut wood? www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/221989374074 |
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Post by Supercharged86 on Jan 11, 2016 9:28:40 GMT -5
Crazy isn't it! My father has one of these generators, runs like a champ, I'm pretty sure 1940's. It's painted green because it was a military field unit. Problem is, it's only good for about 13 watts, I think. Takes a 16:1 mix and has a light bulb on top. I'll get some pics, maybe a vid later.
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Post by sweepleader on Jan 11, 2016 15:39:37 GMT -5
The chainsaw gen is high power, 3 phase.
I have an XLA115, 115 volts, single phase, 400 cycles to run a military radio from the 70's, cute but pretty useless. It has a governed XL12 type engine and can connect to a remote fuel tank or suck from a bucket I suppose. 400 cycles means it will only work with resistive loads, light bulbs and toasters (small toasters).
On the other note, I think I would rather lug that electric thing than cut trees with an axe!
Homelite started with home lighting generators, thus the name.
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Post by sawnami on Jan 11, 2016 19:41:29 GMT -5
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Post by sweepleader on Jan 11, 2016 20:39:04 GMT -5
Wow, 1/2 a Kw, that would just barely run a TV. 32v DC, Edison would have been proud.
When I was in high school the physics teacher had a gen set in the back room from a fancy house in the neighborhood. It would start up when you turned on a light switch and shut down when you shut the last thing off. Don't know what make it was, sure would like to have it. That would have been about 1964-5 and it was plenty old then. Looked more like a modern generator though, not like one of these upside down Homelites.
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Post by chainsawlady on Jan 12, 2016 0:05:16 GMT -5
Crazy isn't it! My father has one of these generators, runs like a champ, I'm pretty sure 1940's. It's painted green because it was a military field unit. Problem is, it's only good for about 13 watts, I think. Takes a 16:1 mix and has a light bulb on top. I'll get some pics, maybe a vid later. When we first started with Homelite in 1951, we were told the name Homelite came from a Home generator Homelite was working on before WWII. When the war started they dropped everything and built pumps and generators for the military. After the war they started with chainsaws, generators, pumps for customers. In 1980 we built a bigger building and installed a Homelite generator then, if electricity stopped we could flip a switch and have the generator in use. We never did use it and it is still in a little hut outside our building after 36 years. chainsawlady |
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Post by Supercharged86 on Jan 12, 2016 10:07:55 GMT -5
Crazy isn't it! My father has one of these generators, runs like a champ, I'm pretty sure 1940's. It's painted green because it was a military field unit. Problem is, it's only good for about 13 watts, I think. Takes a 16:1 mix and has a light bulb on top. I'll get some pics, maybe a vid later. When we first started with Homelite in 1951, we were told the name Homelite came from a Home generator Homelite was working on before WWII. When the war started they dropped everything and built pumps and generators for the military. After the war they started with chainsaws, generators, pumps for customers. In 1980 we built a bigger building and installed a Homelite generator then, if electricity stopped we could flip a switch and have the generator in use. We never did use it and it is still in a little hut outside our building after 36 years. chainsawlady Great story Joyce, thanks for sharing. |
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