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Originally Posted by Xringer
We had portable gas gens on some of the fire trucks.
I did two years in the USN fire station on Bermuda.
Best two years of my life. Every other day off..
When I came back to the states, I had an English & Texas accent.
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I can imagine why it was your best years
I got interested in electronics when I was 12. Built a crystal set and listened to the local factory delivery drivers. Soon got roped in to mending radios and TVs for family and friends and once I was working ( in a lab ) fixing them for workmates. I enjoyed doing it as they were much easier to work on then and you could easily get the parts. No chance now with tiny surface mount devices and multi layer boards.
Thinking about the bike-gen now I have a 3D printer I guess I could print something to wind the coils on if I had a go at it.