Next message: Ken Tischler: "Re: T&T: 30 micron vs 30amps, raining cats and dogs"
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Gould" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 5:56 PM
> Subject: T&T: 30 micron vs 30amps, raining cats and dogs
>
>
> The other day, I was grinding some fish for my cat,
> trying to filter out the bones with a 2 mircon coffee
> filter attached to a Waring XL2300 blender on puree
> setting, powered from 120VAC on a single leg 30amp
> breaker fed from a 15amp shore power cord, which is
> plugged into an outlet shared with a soda machine that
> sells Bolivian beer. Although the breaker didn't trip,
> my cat wouldn't eat the food.
>
> So I'm wonder if the list can recommend a better set
> up. My dock neighbor has suggested a 12vdc blender
> plugged through a cigarette lighter outlet, but then I
> think I should use a 20 micron filter, to lessen the
> dc load, unless you think I should just feed the stuff
> to my neighbor's dog though a 5/8" garden hose. My
> mechanic says the problem is I'm taking power from the
> 2000 watt inverter, which overloads the system, and
> suggested I try a vacuum instead of a blender, but I
> can't seem to figure out how to plug the inverter into
> my racor vacuum gauge, which would replace the 20
> micron coffee filter. My wife has a Hoover vacuum, but
> that won't run on the inverter unless I'm making
> coffee at the same time, but then we don't have enough
> filters for the blender, so not only does the cat get
> hungary, but the breaker trips on the genset,
> especially when the Hoover gets clogged with cat hair.
> I've bled the Waring and the Hoover, but still the cat
> won't touch the food. We've even tried coffee grounds
> in the racor, but then the genset runs like crap, and
> I only get about 92volts AC from that.
>
> hope the list can make some meaningful suggestions.
>
> Doug
> Water Torture
> Block Island
>
> ps: the Bolivian beer soda machine is next to a ping
> pong table. Do you think I should move the table
> farther away from the outlet?
The ping pong table might just be the problem as the rest seems to be right
on the money. Thanks to the delightful post as it had a little for
everyone...
Leanne
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