<HTML><BODY><p style="margin-top: 0px;" dir="ltr">Ralph,<br> I follow Juan Browne's channel too. I live in the same kind of area south of him near Yosemite.</p>
<p dir="ltr">He mentioned the pge changing to the new safer insulated wires. I think that would do the trick.<br> We have all aluminum cables here, when one of those hits the ground it arcs. I'll bet the power lines have been starting a lot of our fires for years. Pge and CalFire must have known.</p>
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</div>Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 04:54PM -08:00 from Ralph Goff <a href="mailto:alfg@sasktel.net">alfg@sasktel.net</a>:<br><br><blockquote id="mail-app-auto-quote" style="border-left:1px solid #FC2C38; margin:0px 0px 0px 10px; padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;" cite="15749024400000385496">
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On 2019-11-27 5:07 p.m., Cecil Bearden wrote:<br>
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> I am a believer in Electric power. Many years ago when we had <br>
> something like 14 small engines to keep running on various sprayers, <br>
> elevators, augers, etc. before the advent of ethanol gas. We still <br>
> had problems with carburetors and ignition..... I had a source of good <br>
> used 3 phase motors cheap. We found 2 old military 3phase diesel <br>
> generators and kept them running and exercised. Our engine problems <br>
> were eliminated. a 5hp 3ph electric motor will run a 40ft auger much <br>
> better than those old cast iron 10hp Briggs engines. A 3hp electric <br>
> motor would run a hypro sprayer pump great...<br>
> Cecil<br>
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> Thats fine until the power goes off and all the electrical powered <br>
> equipment won't start. I can light a fire under my old Wisconsin and <br>
> have it going. I've had good luck with the old engines although I did <br>
> have to add a little heat yesterday when I needed to start one.<br>
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Ralph in Sask.<br>
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