Category Archives: UtterPower Articles

DIYers… Critical Thinking Skills, and breaking news on hydrogen!

Posted on April 22, 2011 by George B.

Yesterday I received an email from a fellow that had found my generator test stand video on Youtube and associated it with an over unity video of a motor running a generator. Of course there was electrical energy left over to run a drill press … Continue reading →

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Utterpower’s Annual Lister Gen spring Start.

Posted on April 18, 2011 by George B.

It’s mid April, and the weather in the mountains is more like March. I got up late this morning, and as I made my way into the family room and poured my first cup of coffee around 8:00 AM, the … Continue reading →

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The ONAN CCK Generator.

Posted on April 14, 2011 by George B.

I think it was Bill Perkins that told me the old CCK Onan was tough. Being a flat head twin, the fuel economy isn’t that good, but many of these units were made in gasoline and propane conversions, and they have given their owners … Continue reading →

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Another installment, “import lessons learned”.

Posted on April 6, 2011 by George B.

  lessons-Learned As mentioned in a previous post, there are a number of things that can go wrong when you import… including an emergency order to ship the inbound freight back to where ever it came from as happened in this case. … Continue reading →

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And Important Read on EVs for Hands on DIYers

Posted on April 6, 2011 by George B.

More Wisedom from a Successful Professional in the Energy Business. Sure…. you’ve read article after article about how cool Electric Vehicles are, and how they’re our future.  One of the first things to annoy a real hands-on DIYer is the fact that many … Continue reading →

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A Free DIYer Generator Head?

Posted on April 5, 2011 by George B.

It may have happened when I was exchanging  emails with a Customer on Guam after the Island was hit by a large storm and people were without power for months.  I received several pictures of generators that died for all kinds of reasons and formed … Continue reading →

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It was a wash out

Posted on April 3, 2011 by George B.

I remember the first time I saw that new ATM at the Boeing Credit Union, I hated it! Soon I learned how cool it was, you can deposit a hand full of checks and it will print you a deposit … Continue reading →

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The Joys of Importing

Posted on March 29, 2011 by George B.

I’ll never forget some of the posts a certain fellow in Canada made in a forum about ‘Dealers’ and their Capitialist ways. He showed his complete ignorance of the challenges of import when he posted that a buyer should not have to pay … Continue reading →

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Current Events, America’s Energy Policy, more from CEO Gary Smith

Posted on March 24, 2011 by George B.

We’ve all witnessed the Charlie Sheen rally and his support base…. he’s even sold out some of his live performances that are yet to be defined other than yelling “Winning”. What’s worthy of your attention is just how many followers … Continue reading →

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Safeway Fuel, Good News?

Posted on March 20, 2011 by George B.

For those of you unfamiliar with the Safeway brand, they are a large chain of Foodstores that decided to pump fuel some years back. They also made the decision to get on the biofuels bandwagon early, and they were one of the few stations pumping … Continue reading →

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