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IIIMWI ll Hill BUM ">"rwmi« yHHIM jOMW wr » | W | £■■■ ffIWIHJBIII —(■ MMOM ''FZ'^/Z'XJX - nTomlin oi'Oj/nfillliWi I—J 010 n a lULIIT bi L~n_rl ** . . . . i i 1S ■ i ■■l It gives you mams power where conventional ,W J ■ I supply is difficult, dangerous or non-existent i 4 \ v 's ?.’. ■' ? ' 7 "'.x : - — ■ - jiamfiif »!■■—I.II..IHIH,. I,n -r--' am I MASTER DISTRIBUTORS ~~ Ashby Ferguson Ltd, Christchurch — John Edmond Ltd, all branches South Island I Stockists Christchurch 2.! \ Smiths City Market A & T Burt Ltd, all branches V a * - Morris Black & Matheson Ltd Young Bros Ltd, Christchurch -« ’ Cresta Craft Odlins Ltd, all branches X .. •'•■ "' '/? ’ ' ’ Plumbers World, all branches Russley Service Station :' .r’. ' ■ '/’ ■ Producers Ltd, all branches Dalgety Crown Ltd, all branches a slHHIHr'' ‘• Electrico, all branches Akaroa Auto Centre ■ :£ t ; En bee Tools Ltd Redpaths Ltd ■. ■■ <» •• • ■< Steel & Tube Ltd Little River Service Station Erikson & Thomlinson Ltd National Electric & Engineering Co. Ltd 'McAlpines Ltd, Rangiora McVicars Ltd, Rangiora W'. -< 'X ‘ • t'i./ . f , ASHBURTON fe• 'SW ;>•' ? /I John Edmond Producers Ltd ' , z < «r-. Tuckers Ltd TIMARU ’ : ' ’> John Edmond Ltd Producers Ltd. ,3 wWj| B oamaru , „.. Wa John Edmond Ltd Producers Ltd west coast I « Campbell Renton Hardware Ltd Autocare, Murchison NELSON A & T Burt Ltd Farm Products Co-op Ltd Youngs Automotive Ltd Zip Trading Ltd Plumbing World Ltd Turners & Growers Ltd BLENHEIM — PICTON .-fc:W' f Blenheim Boat Market Ltd Hopwood Wemyss & Bendall Ltd :'X»Zip Trading Ltd Cloudesly Marine Gear Ltd KAIKQURA Dunlea Products • X I Portavolt - 240 Volt Mains Power from al2 Volt Battery Portavolt is a complete, go-anywhere compact unit that will give you 240 volt mains supply APPLIANCES WORKING IN. CONJUNCTION Thf* L ■■''' >‘4 / ; power from al2 volt battery. People, like fencing contractors, farmers, boat owners, tradesmen WITH THE RIKAN 255 WINDTURBINE lilt? / and servicemen fo mention but a few — people who need to work or want to enjoy the comforts GENERATOR. V' / ' of home where access to a conventional power source is difficult, dangerous or non-existent. RIKAN HORNET i / Portavolt ns, versatile and extremely easy to use. Connect it to al2 volt battery with the AAKITD A PTADQ " ■ bvi divb. '' t || " > / ctbcodile-clips provided and power from the battery is electronically converted into 240 volt AC L/UN I KAO I kJrrO . a» •. Pdrtavolt is as safe as an isolating transformer to use. However like all electrical equipment it AND HEAVY USE is a simple and \ . ■ ■. should be protected from damp or wet conditions. TO GIVE FURTHER EXAMPLES A 650 WATT ' ?t-' - ~ .?' -ff Tliere are no moving parts to wear out so you can expect long life operation with only minimal DR|LU pLUS A KANGQ HAMM ’ ER WAS R(JN wind - \ < M ’ J ■ T .■'> maintenance. . . . OFF A 1201 SERIES PORTAVOLT OVER AN 8 UUHipdUl WIIIU ~ t 1,1/ < Because the power conversion is achieved through a solid state electronic system, Portavolt has uqj ß pf ß iod RESULTS AS FOLLOWS - At 8 » ;• * i ’ • i * / a high conversion efficiency factor, maintains lhe battery was leslXlandTread*as My nntA/arad hattorx, ’ stable frequency and operates.without noise charged. The tools were used for 50 minutes pUWCICU Uallt/iy >'■ 1 or fumes. Tp| FV|S|ON and the vehic,e started and run for 10 minutes i/XLJ Model options include a demand start facility (on the idle). This was repeated until 4.30 p.m. rharoor that eliminates power wastage and fan APPLIANCE The battery was tested again and the end UllCLi yt?l . p? v , WgsMßii j cooling for long run tasks and/or high TV Philips K 9 II 22in common living room results were that the battery was still fully ' - ‘.J / temperature operating conditions. stand alone TV. Name plate rating 180 charged. (Battery used for the test was 400 ruADhiNR wiwnnirrinf - J * The life of a battery depends largely on its watts. amp hour). BATTERY CHARGING WINDTUR IN ,> working conditions and its amp/hour rating. ACTIVITY The HORNET has been designed for New Zealand’s gusty wind conditions and has been extensively used with totals / It also depends on the power and operating Runnino in normal use t- .. • , failsafe operation during the past 2 years. A contributing factor to this reliability is a tilting overspeed control; n f . T ~,,r- orJniiannoa y mechanism which tilts the unit parallel to the wind at about 25 knots and stabilises the charging rate. Once wind ; requirements OI your appliances. PERFORMANCE speed drops, the unit returns to normal operation. The HORNET has been designed specifically for recharging wet--< Generally speaking you cannot run a battery fi , q i nt p r f erpn cp whpn sinnal is cell batteries powering remote site electrical equipment. ■'•'• t I.? flat as VOU have two warning modes. uoou. ouuie inienererice wneri signal is It is packaged as a complete kit which includes the tower cap and base along with a factory assembled power cable ic nmiontod fmm rpvprcp weak. complete with blocking diode and battery clips. Detailed instructions are also enclosed on how to construct an;. because me system is prutecieu huhi i DRAW '>•■ WSjjt&i economical 10 or 20ft tower using 2ln galvanised pipe which can easily be lowered for annual Inspection. The only polarity no damage to the unit will result dai l cnT uhmvv tools required to assemble the HORNET are a screwdriver, spanner and rivet gun. from incorrect connection to battery termi- 16 amps at constant level. All you need to supply is a piece of 2in pipe, some No. 8 wire and a suitable battery. •, a / XT The Canadian Thermax generator is guaranteed for 12 months from date of despatch. If you are not completely' ?, s .• j. . - & satisfied with your purchase, it may be returned within 7 days. Subject to total loading, any number of 1 ■ appliances can be run at the one time. If the 4- / 1 | : ® unit is overloaded a resetable thermal over- ® i Ife load switch is activated. M C *> ' zi-t "'Wi® 4 In the event of a short circuit, the unit . v t * switches off automatically within seconds. I F'' ■ Fully detailed, easy-to-follow operating in- wf structions come with each unit. ' rr 2' Z_t4jMWwL>- ''MwWwnrOy' h | Your Portavolt unit carries a returnable CAAAFTTF PLAYER 1® ' B-F guarantee for 12 months from the date of ; ’ UAOOL 111- rLAIUII purchase. ' APPLIANCE |® H.g ■ ■ iHi.il/----.--~": , Sanyo cassette player and radio receiver. ' activity |W' r \ Radio receiver B Tape playback. ’ PERFORMANCE g iffißllM tyWWiiWlWi-. Radio receiving — good, very little noise. g KWT BW- ISr WFiBWBBWy Oiq Tape playback — high level of interference. & ®M*;X v ' • Suitable filter will remove this interference. B- '-* BATTERY DRAW p T ' W® 'MBPxMMw 3 amps- Continuous. g; Wl | BATTERY LIFE i X mJML : | [ No adjustments are required to meet Wiring 34 hours on a 100 amp hour battei Y- .■ r | Regulations when installing Portavolt in ■ ■> 1 units are readily available FARh/lIMP CIRCULAR SAW —2Z„. and cover most operating requirements. rMRIVIIIWJI Makita 210 mm circular saw (skil saw | 6 ala a 4>Xuffi a 6 M^ i,a ,3mm ChUCk d ' ilL Name P ' a,e ra,in9 patent). Name plate ratinfl 1400 watts. | p| ease send me further information On | either automatic or manual'. ACTIVITY ACT ’ V ' TY A - ■ | PortaVOlt Rikan Homet § Drilling through 4in dry pine with 20mm Cutting 4m x 2tn dry pine. | . X7ATT TTCTH Wood bit PERFORMANCE SHOULD YOU USE PERFORMANCE Useful work compared with mains. Approx, j NAME' I 3 A T A‘PC’TTT? CAPACT’FV Excellent. Each hole drilled in approx. 30 15. seconds per cut. | ■ A JLArtUrjrt LArrtCil I seconds. BATTERY DRAW I ADDRESS: BATTERY THEN. THE battery draw Between 81 and 97 amperes, average | purjNF- I I WnRTCTMP TTIVTF’ Between 28 and 49 amperes. approx. 95 amps. |- j rXriTTT rx Approximately 40 amperes average. WHEN USING A PORTAVOLT INVERTER WITH J p ost to So | e N Z Aaent ? ; WOULD TESTS WERE ALSO CARRIED OUT ON TWO hand TOOLS, APPLIANCES, ETC., IT IS WISE rOST TO °° IN,Z " M y er ' 1 ’ | TKTrxT>T7i A CTP IMP DTP IV TM AT r 1 FARMS, ONE BEING W.N.M.A. USING A TO CHECK THE LOW WARNING LIGHT 1 c . D . . . s ~ ~ . 1 i INCRLAorL, UJejJl HiIMDIIMU - PVI2OIA portavolt in conjunction with occasionally, when this light comes i E - d - Blackler & uo. Ltd, ’ OM TUI7 ■DAPTTPTTT AR a heavy duty truck king battery. on, then that is THE TIME TO START I P.O. Box 7318, CHRISTCHURCH, N.Z., UIN IHEi FAJttIIVIJLiArI SHEARING UNITS RUN WERE V 3 HP AND V 2 your VEHICLE AND IDLE THE MOTOR FOR q Qtanlpv strppf nhnne 65-026 I Al\/rr> WnTTR RATING HP UNITS- ALSO USING THE SAME APPROX. 10 MINUTES TO RECHARGE YOUR idZu p ° ’ I AMr JtiUUri n/illiNVx combination, two shearers worked battery I CHRISTCHURCH. s /YIP 'T’TTIP rtATTIPRV USING PORTABLE HAND SHEARING PIECES | PO Box 25-196 AUCKLAND i (Jr Itllii 15A1 l-Cjltl . FOR 3 y 2 HOURS CONTINUOUSLY OFF THE UNITS CAN BE DEMONSTRATED ON BEHALF I r Y DOX ZO iyD ’ ' [ ONE BATTERY BEFORE RECHARGING. OF OUR STOCKIST AT 8 STANLEY ST. I

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