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Diary of Life in Mindanao

10/12/31 TV antenna fabrication
10/12/24 Cute operator
10/12/23 Business and broadcasters consult with us.
10/12/17 Business Antenna Construction
10/12/15 Antennas found in the city
10/12/10 14MHz antenna repair completed
10/12/07 14MHz antenna destruction
10/12/04 Fare8 Club Christmas Party
10/12/04 Gigi Class C Retake
10/11/27 To Manila, PARA's General Assembly
10/11/16 A piglet was born.
10/11/06 Ham Shop Situation
10/11/02 Internet connection is not available
10/10/27 STANDARD C150 repair
10/10/22 Ham Shop Page
10/10/22 power outage
10/09/30 Autumn Condition
10/09/17 DU8UTP Franco.
10/09/12 Challenge PSK 31
10/09/07 Expansion of piggery
10/08/12 Antenna repair for 21 MHz
10/08/07 The 21 MHz antenna is broken.
10/08/06 Backyard and Antenna
10/08/03 sunset
10/07/31 Radio Commercials
10/07/03 Shack Introduction
10/06/21 Repeater Controller
10/06/07 Repeater Controller CW Routine
10/05/20 Clear sky, group of antennas
10/05/18 antenna group
10/05/13 50MHz also open
10/05/09 Election...eh! Are you sure?
10/05/06 How to write a card via manager
10/05/04 shack
10/04/20 VHF Repeater Orders Received
10/04/12 Philippine Military Group
10/04/11 business
10/04/05 21MHz and 50MHz antennas
10/04/04 Failed 50MHz installation
10/04/04 If not available, make one. 50MHz balun
10/04/02 If you don't have it, make it. Cross mount.
10/04/01 50MHz 5EL remanufactured
10/03/23 Four 16-meter-long bamboos
10/03/22 Production of 21MHz 3-element yagi
10/03/15 Purchase a generator
10/03/05 wire antenna
10/02/03 Broken again.
10/01/20 I'm going in the wrong direction.
10/01/19 18MHz Yagi breakage for Japan
10/01/04 7/8 2-stage 144MHz band GP
JI1FGX/DU9 Mindanao DiaryPurchased a generator(2010/03/15)
Here in Mindanao, around Osamis, there are rolling blackouts of 4 to 6 hours every other day.
Rumor has it that the hydroelectric plant is running out of water.

So Gigi bought me a 3KW generator on his way to Cebu to get my permanent visa!

By the way, we left Osamis port on the night of March 4 and arrived in Cebu on the morning of March 5.
Busy with immigration, shopping for generators, and buying ingredients for Japanese food, we left Cebu on the night of March 5.
We were forced to arrive at the Port of Osamis on the morning of March 6.

For the first time I had two nights alone ・・・・. I was so nervous I couldn't sleep.
When the power goes out, turn off the house's main breaker and plug the generator's output into a nearby outlet.
Although the procedure is dangerous if done incorrectly, and the manual says repeatedly "don't do it," we started using it in a simplified way!

Only one light, refrigerator, and air conditioner in the entire house is acceptable.
And of course, the radio... CQCQCQ" is now available even during power outages!

If the load is just lighting, the fuel consumption is reduced to 1/3 of the fuel consumption after 6 hours of operation, but with air conditioning, the fuel consumption is reduced to 1/2 in 6 hours!
The generator, said to be made in China, is just too noisy!
We installed it by sticking half of it under the outdoor kitchen.
It is an excellent generator, but there is one problem.
The main breaker is turned off, so I don't notice when the power is restored.

On several occasions, I made the mistake of not realizing that the power had been restored and kept the generator running!

That's where we built the power restoration alarm system.
A simple buzzer sounds when 230V comes to the primary side of the main breaker.
What's inside is pretty simple
Only one 2-circuit relay and buzzer
The buzzer sounds when the power is restored, and when the pushbutton switch is pressed, the relay holds itself and the buzzer stops.
When the power goes out, the self-hold is released and the buzzer sounds again when the power is next restored, and so on.

Unfortunately, the generator is a manual start type, but if it is an automatic start type with a switch, I can control the start and stop.
For that you need to put a twin-headed knife switch in front of the main breaker....
March 05, 2010   March 22, 2010