On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 09:09:40 -0400
"Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> wrote:

"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message news:vell9l$1mpr3$1@dont-email.me...

Well, I found enough tech specs to believe I can use the Jackery 290, and >ordered one from Best Buy for $159.99 with a soon-to-expire coupon. I've >adapted jump starters to more or less the same functionality but their cheap >construction doesn't take well to much modification with heavy parts and I >don't want smoke and fire in the car while I'm driving.

Best of luck with this👍

I read reviews, looked them over a bit a couple years ago when I
noticed HF had them. Found it interesting how many people were using it
to run their CPAP machines while camping or off grid...

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI

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On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:04:44 -0400
"Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> wrote:

An example of how I could use portable AC was at a recent flea market where >I found a Tek TDS3054 4 channel 500MHz DSO scope for sale cheap, with the >warning that some buttons don't work well/at all and he thought it would be >too difficult to take apart for cleaning. He had AC power but I couldn't see >much in bright sunlight, or take it into shade. Anyway, he ended up asking >$40 "for parts".

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It would cost you more than $40 nowadays going out to dinner and
catching a movie... I look at it as that $40 price for "parts" will keep
my brain engaged and a reason to get out of bed for several days if
nothing else. Well worth the price in my view even if it ends up being
just parts of no particular use😉

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI

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On 10/18/2024 11:28 AM, Leon Fisk wrote:

On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:04:44 -0400
"Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> wrote:

An example of how I could use portable AC was at a recent flea market where >> I found a Tek TDS3054 4 channel 500MHz DSO scope for sale cheap, with the
warning that some buttons don't work well/at all and he thought it would be >> too difficult to take apart for cleaning. He had AC power but I couldn't see >> much in bright sunlight, or take it into shade. Anyway, he ended up asking >> $40 "for parts".

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It would cost you more than $40 nowadays going out to dinner and
catching a movie... I look at it as that $40 price for "parts" will keep
my brain engaged and a reason to get out of bed for several days if
nothing else. Well worth the price in my view even if it ends up being
just parts of no particular use😉

Heck its more than 40 bucks if you don't go to dinner, and just get
pocorn and sodas.

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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff

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On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:02:02 -0400
"Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> wrote:

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What good ones go for:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/175220060375

Looking at Completed items ~$700 seems to be the sweet spot they
actually sell for.

Still think your $40 was an excellent brain stimulation purchase if
nothing else👍😉

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI

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On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:54:44 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
<muratlanne@gmail.com> wrote:

"Leon Fisk" wrote in message news:veuk41$3e1r3$2@dont-email.me...

On Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:02:02 -0400
"Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> wrote:

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What good ones go for:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/175220060375

Looking at Completed items ~$700 seems to be the sweet spot they
actually sell for.

Still think your $40 was an excellent brain stimulation purchase if
nothing else??

Like my $3 "some kind of electrical meter" (Fluke 77) around twenty
years ago!

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