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Attempt to Run 2 Unique Jensen #10's with the Old Homelite Generator
« on: September 01, 2019, 09:41:48 pm »
This exercise brought limited success.

The Homelite has enough juice to power a Jensen #10 without trouble.
This one, however, cuts out after 5-10 minutes as you will see.

While it was able to easily heat one #10 up and get it running, that is when it quit.
Left with 2 great Jensen steam engines ready to run,
I just had to get an extension cord and plug them in.

After it cooled and the steam engines were put away,
I restarted and it ran for nearly 6 minutes before shutting down while just powering 2 light bulbs.

Below is a video of the event.

Enjoy,

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Re: Attempt to Run 2 Unique Jensen #10's with the Old Homelite Generator
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2019, 09:49:07 pm »
And a couple pictures....

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Re: Attempt to Run 2 Unique Jensen #10's with the Old Homelite Generator
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2019, 04:26:50 am »
Nice experiment Gil!
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Re: Attempt to Run 2 Unique Jensen #10's with the Old Homelite Generator
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2019, 01:27:41 pm »
The things we do when we are "Baching" it Gil.  ;D

A quite entertaining video, and two very rare Jensen 10s.

Thanks for posting.

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Re: Attempt to Run 2 Unique Jensen #10's with the Old Homelite Generator
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2019, 01:43:04 pm »
I wonder if you'd have any better luck trying to run the generator off of the Jensens ...   ;c)
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Re: Attempt to Run 2 Unique Jensen #10's with the Old Homelite Generator
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2019, 01:46:41 pm »
Love the blooper at 3:12  ;) :D We've all done similar, but usually edit those parts out :D

Would sure make a neat setup at an outdoor show where electricity is not available. All that to light that little bulb on the Jensen  :D
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