Hi Bob,

On Fri 2037-Apr-17 08:33, Bob Klahn (1:124/311) wrote to Richard Webb:

BK>>  I have a solution to the national debt, welfare, and the crime
BK>> rate, and it starts with setting a goal of full employment. Real
BK>> full employment, not 5% is full balony.

 RW> WOuld agree, and qualitty employment.

BK>  If you have low unemployment, employers will have to compete for 
BK> workers. You will have quality employment.

Agreed for the most part, but a big part of that is a person doing a job
which has some meaning to him/her.

BK>>  Until they see doom staring them in the face. Once they see no  way
BK>> out they can become unstoppable.

 RW> Obviously you have more faith in the human race than I
 RW> have. IF they see doom staring them in the face, but hte guy
 RW> handing out the half a loaf of wonderbread says they're
 RW> mistaken they'll believe him and take their half a loaf.

BK>  They will, once. Then hunger comes back and they realize they  will
BK> not get enough, ever, until they break free. It's been that  way
BK> often enough. The French and Mexican revolutions are cases  in
BK> point.

Indeed, but in the case of the French revolution they went
back on all that, and the world got Napoleon.  THe
techniques for keeping the sheeple nicely controlled have
evolved since both those revolutions quite a bit as well,
and *will* be used to keep them happy with their half a
loaf.
Give 'em enough circus they'll forget the growling belly.

BK>> >  Another thing to do.  I"ve gotta see what the
 RW>> amperage draw on that oxygen generating machine is, see if
 RW>> I can float it off a ups or a power inverter at times.

BK>>  Worth considering. Do they have 12 volt units?

 RW> NOpe, I checked.  Total power consumption 400 watts.  4
 RW> amps at 117 vac.  I figure run off a power inverter, with
 RW> the inefficiency of the inverter factored in we're drawing
 RW> 30-35 amps.  That means hours on the machine if mains power
 RW> is unavailable before we switch her to canned
 RW> air.

BK>  Sounds more like 40+ amps.

WOuld agree when I did some more penciling.  That means 2
hours off my big gels.

 RW> FIgure that's a couple pictures of Ben Franklin, as I want
 RW> an inverter that gives me a good sine wave because of audio
 RW> production work, and any other precision electronics that
 RW> must be run from a.c.

BK>  Or a generator. That sounds more practical for long term work. 

Yep, generator will go with the truck, but until that time
comes, or for very temporary outages the inverter is still
an idea.

Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+