GRRRRR! I WISH I HAD SEEN THAT! I would have done SOMETHING to stop that asshole! We saw you dancing at the base of the Man sometime during the week - Thursday night was it? Anyway, you were one of our fondest memories and we wished we had gotten a picture with you - but we were too busy laughing ou...

but for those who are curious about the early days I suggest this book - it's probably one of the most detailed books on the who-what-where-when-why-and-how Zone Trip #4 became Burning Man.

ok so it's the only one I read but it's a really good book!

[url]http://thisisburningman.com/[/url]

my condolences to you, C.f.M., for Big Mamma's passing...

and to camp Cats! Cats! Cats! ~ Moon aka Mooners aka Fuzzy Pants thanks you for her spiffy BRC food bowls!

will have to stop by and check out the new scaffolding ~

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Hey was just reading this thread and all the confusion. :roll: Weird. Anywho, just wanted to say Hi James! We were with CSC in '07, and met some really wonderful people, including some from Europe and New Zealand. Will miss Toast big time if she doesn't come. We'll be in Gigsville again this year an...

the vacuum cleaner

man what an amazing week! (10 days for us) I always have mixed feelings about coming back to default world... ~ANYHOO~ This is just a post to let anyone who wants to try it know that: YES, a Honda 1000w EU generator will successfully run a small 515watt home/window air conditioner on the playa durin...

hooray for phreakz! and phlagz!!

we'll stop by fer shure

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This Just In:

Wikipedia says Black Rock desert is 3848 feet.

Their reference is "NEVADA’S BLACK ROCK DESERT, A SUMMER SOJOURN"
Article and Photos by Larry Turner

"The Honda EU1000 is rated at 900 watts, 1000 is it's "surge" rating, and the altitude is nearly 5000 feet." Ew. Then it looks like: 107F and 5000 ft, then: 1.5% x 3 =4.5% & 1% x 5 + another 6% =11% 4.5% of 900 watts = 40.5 (temp) + 11% of 900 watts = 99 (elevation)= wattage is reduced by 139.5 watt...

then I found this from http://www.homerepairforum.com/forum/hv ... ace-2.html

"The burst of energy required to start a motor is known as the “Locked Rotor Amperage-LRA). Once the motor begins turning it then draws “Full Load Amps- FLAâ€

So I found this on [url]http://www.usdieselengines.com/how_altitude_and_temperature_affect_power_generators.htm[/url] Power Adjustment for Ambient Conditions: Temperature, Altitude and Elevation can affect your generator power performance output. Use the following calculation adjustment factors to f...

We bought the smallest little window AC we could get: It's only 515w. We ran it via the Honda 1000 for like 4 hours today. Although, we are in the valley. It remains to be seen if it will run it at that elevation (what is that elevation anyway?) and in the extreme heat and dust. Plan B is to bring a...

hey I liked yer auxiliary gas tank idea, Captain! We're on the same sleeping schedule as Mosin - It's dance dance dance dance - watch sunrise - pass out. Wake up 2 hours later dripping sweat. Not this year my pretties! Because we now have the quiet generator, our box won't have to be so elaborate. B...

So I researched the hell out of this, reading all the comments here and on other forums and websites, and talked to other real live people also. I figured the best way to reduce the noise pollution on that generator (aside from turning it off) would be to build the 4 sided enclosure box out of sound...

hmmm lots of good ideas! Running the exhaust through, rather than into, water would be good yes- maybe we could run it through kiddie pool without melting the pool? -good to remember that not all mufflers are created equal -I'm going to be asking a lot of questions around at different muffler shops ...

coolness thanx Mosin-

I will continue my research - and post my results later.

Holy crap! only 2 1/2 more weeks!

THANKS FOR THE TIP! :idea: I really don't want to kill the genny - at least not until they make one that will run solely on hempseed oil... I was thinking about rigging a small computer type fan (I could plug it into the generator) on the side of said box to bring in fresh air - ? Hell, maybe two - ...

y'all sound pretty knowledgable about this so I thought I'd post me question here: We are bringing our small but damn loud genny to run our AC during the day. We read about creating a generator box (with no top or bottom) on the BM website - wanted to know how well that actually works to lower decib...

we are bringing our van to live in - bought the cheapest, smallest home AC unit we could find acquired small 1800 watt generator Placing AC unit on driver's seat atop small platform- steering wheel helps keep it from falling off seat - duct tape plastic sheeting around driver's window, and attach ho...

Sooo... This trailer park momma is fixin up some stew for her family and accidentally knocks a whole can of BBs into the stew! (cause there's not a lot of room in this trailer, see) Anywayz, she can't pick out all of them so decides to serve it up for supper... After dinner, her 4 year old daughter ...

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