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    Laptop screen for cheap flat screen solution

    Can anyone help? i have a quantity of Sharp 11.3" laptop screens and i was wondering if anyone knows how i could modify the video conection so i can attach it to my home PC. this screen has a 38 core flat cable feeding it but a normal analogue or digital graphics card connection has less...
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    PCI Slot Extension

    Is it possible to add more PCI slots by simply joining more slots in parallel with one existing one? i assume this would be impossible because each slot must be addressed, yes?
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    alternator as a generator in a car

    Next idea, how about a hydraulic constant speed drive thingy, aparently they have them on Airplanes but i know nothing about them. ideas gentelmen please or an explination/website with a diagram etc thanx
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    alternator as a generator in a car

    Thanks, i'm away on bussiness at the mo but i will be trying a few things when i get home, the idle speed is fairly constant and if i calculate the correct fly wheel size i can get 3000 rpm when the engine is idling. we will see how it goes
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    alternator as a generator in a car

    Lewish, excuse my ignorence, A/C clutch? what is that when it is at home?
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    alternator as a generator in a car

    The point is i don't want a small engine to run it, the generator needs to be discreet. R32, Did your system have any form of voltage regulator? what stopped the voltage and frequency rising? Suppose i could have a throttle adjuster and just only switch it on when i want to generate AC, how...
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    alternator as a generator in a car

    BJC, Were do you get tires? perhaps i can contact them and ask who makes the generator?
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    alternator as a generator in a car

    The only issue with an inverter is cost, an inverter powerful enough would cost over £1000 so another solution would be great.
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    alternator as a generator in a car

    I intend to attach this to my Landrover Discover engine, there is a space where the airconditioning pump should be. the only problemn is if i fit a mechanism to adjust the throttle on the 2.5tdi engine it must not interfere with the normal operation of the car.
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    alternator as a generator in a car

    I have aquired an alternator from a generator and i want to use it attached to my engine to create 240v @ 50hz it claims to produce this at 3000rpm but of course of i spin it faster this will go higher can anyone suggest some easy ways of regulating this output? circuit diagrams maybe. i intend...

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