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Jim Hubbell

@Dougfir@m.ai6yr.org View on m.ai6yr.org

Moving from mastodon.social for reasons i can't articulate. Retired boomer. Loves trees of all sorts, especially redwoods, in their native habitat. Interests include #hamradio, #wildfires, #emergencypreparedness, #urbanforestry, #chainsaws.KB7RAL born @312.6 ppm

"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread."
Anatole France

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Jim Hubbell @Dougfir@m.ai6yr.org

@mattblaze
A friend of a friend bought one of those sites, primarily to get the diesel generators that made the mechanical UPS power supply. A motor spun a heavy flywheel as long as there was utility power. If the power failed, an electromagnetic clutch dropped out, the motor turned into a generator and the flywheel spun up a diesel motor to power to the electronics at the site. There were two such generators on the site. They had to be serviced on a regular basis but we're in fine shape. One such motor/generator was a heavy load for my utility trailer.

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