Mercury Vapor off a car

[Andrew Torry]

bmw60 at aol.com (BMW60) wrote in message news:<20010711151901.25192.00001051 at ng-mp1.aol.com>...
> I purchased a converter from radio shack sometime back and it works fine with a
> 175mv unit.  Buy, the RENTAL car you are using may not have the power in the
> cigarette lighter to do the job.  I had an alligator clip made so I could  run
> directly off the battery to bypass this, with great results.  I'm not sure I
> would want to run my personal vehicle all night, but in a pinch I would.   Good
> Luck   Bill In Tucson

Just a tip I was given for running lights off an inverter. You can
make the 'High voltage' side of the inverter leads quite long but
ensure that the 'Low voltage' leads (The leads to the battery) are no
longer than a metre. The current being drawn from the battery is huge
and a significant voltage drop will occur if your battery leads are
too long.

Also note that 'inverters' cannot drive purely inductive loads like
electric drills/motors etc. If you try you will most likely blow the
high power drive transistors.

I have an old 'inverter' that is based around a 12V DC industrial
motor and a 240V AC dynamo. This can drive inductive loads up to 1KW
and is very quiet if a bit heavy but not as heavy as a petrol driven
generator.

Andrew T

 
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