Category: Electronics

How To Get Full Power From Predator 3500 Inverter Generator, Camping Or Home Backup Distribution Box

Harbor Freight Predator 3500 Inverter Generator Power Distribution Accessory Box for Camping or Emergency Home Backup. Get FULL power From Your Harbor Freight Generator (or any other brand) while adding extra safety and power cord length to get the generator away from the camp site to help control sound. I made this portable power distribution box (some people would call this a spider box) for three reasons:

1) Get full power output from the generator. This box allows me to use the large RV plug on the generator while tent or truck camping to get the full potential power output from the generator without owning an actual RV. I cannot get the full 3500 watts out of the standard outlet on the front panel of the Harbor Freight Predator generator. The one standard outlet on the front panel is only capable of supplying between 1800 to 2400 watts (best case scenario), but I paid for 3500 watts, peak. This portable power distribution box allows me to use the 30 amp round RV plug to get the full 3500 watts. This same type of power distribution box (spider box) would also work on just about any of the other import inverter generators that are on the market today, Harbor Freight Predator, WEN, Northern Tool Powerhorse, Westinghouse, Champion, Generac, Ryobi, etc…. Even the Honda and the Yamaha generators could benefit from a spider box like this.

2) Added safety. None of the built-in outlets of the front panel of this generator have GFCI protected outlets. My new portable power distribution box has two, 20 amp GFCI outlets. I am sure there will be a few people that will say GFCI outlets are not needed on a generator but I cannot thing of a single scenario where using GFCI outlets is MORE dangerous than NOT using them. I would MUCH rather know that I have GFCI protection while camping in the woods that are soaking wet from all the rain that usually falls in the area where I typically camp.

3) Sound control. The cord on my spider box is 25 feet by itself, plus I have an additional 100 feet of extension cord that will potentially allow me to push my generator 125 feet into the wood, away from my campsite, to help greatly with sound control. This generator is already very quiet, but the further away I can get ANY generator from my campsite, the better my overall camping experience will be.

Please leave a comment below and let me know if something like this would be handy for YOUR camping situation. Also, please ask any question that you may have.

Best Automotive Battery Charger & Maintainer SOLAR PL2320 CLORE Automotive

Best Battery Charger & Maintainer SOLAR PL2320 CLORE Automotive

Finally an automotive battery charger and battery maintainer that can also charge batteries that are completely dead. The SOLAR PL2320 by Clore Automotive has been terrific. They are the same company that makes the JNC line of jump start battery packs, which are the industry standard for jump packs. This battery charger also has “power supply mode” so when performing a long repair with the ignition turned on, your battery won’t go dead. It will charge standard lead acid, AGM, and Gel filled batteries, in either 6 or 12 volts along with power supply mode. This charger has been much better than the last two chargers that I purchased from Harbor Freight. Of course neither of the HF chargers still work. lol.

Kittyhok 2K Wireless Security Camera Giveaway.

Kittyhok SC2 Pro 100% wireless security camera review and giveaway video. Today I take a look at Kityhok’s new wireless security camera. This new camera features 2K video resolution, color night vision, integrated spotlight, activity zones, PIR detection, AI recognition, 2-way audio, and cloud storage. These cameras are very nice and if I didn’t already own a set of security cameras, these would be going on mu house. The Cameras are very well built, the app is very user friendly and easy to use, and the cameras are VERY easy to get working on your home wireless network. No complicated networking experience or router configuration required.

I will be giving away all four cameras to one viewer. The entry period for the drawing ends when this video reaches 200 likes. The winner will be randomly picked from the comment section of this video.

How to enter the drawing. All three of these items are required to enter:

  1. You must be subscribed to this YouTube channel.
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  3. You must leave a comment in the comment section below.

Rules for this drawing:
• The GRAND PRIZE (and only prize) is four (4) Kittyhok 2K security cameras. All four cameras will go to one winner
• Entry period is from when this video goes live on YouTube, until it receives 200 likes. Once this video receives 200 likes the entry period will officially be closed
• Within a few days of reaching the 200 like threshold, I will make another video of me using a website to randomly pick a winner from the comment section of this video. I will post my email in that video for the winner to contact me. My email can also be found on the “about” page of my YouTube channel
• YouTube no longer has a messaging service so the only way you will know if you’ve won is to watch the drawing video. I have no way to contact the winner so please be sure you have notifications turned on by ringing the bell below so you won’t miss the drawing video
• Adults 18 and over in the US and Canada are eligible to win. Please do not enter if you do not live in the US or Canada. (for shipping reasons)
• I will pay for shipping anywhere inside the US and Canada
• If a Canadian citizen is drawn to be the winner, that person will be responsible for any and all import duties and fees the package might be subject to once it arrives in Canada. Those fees will be paid by the winner, not me.
• The winner will ONLY be asked for their shipping address, for shipping purposes. That’s it! No financial information will be asked for. None of your information (email address, or shipping address) will be shared with anyone.
• The winner will have two weeks to contact me about their prize. Once the two week period is up, if the winner does not contact me, they will forfeit the prize and will no longer be eligible to receive anything from this YouTube channel. The prize will be considered “unclaimed”.
• YouTube and/or Google are NOT a sponsor of this drawing giveaway.
• This giveaway is a drawing, NOT a contest. A winner will be randomly picked. Winning this drawing requires no special skills.
• No purchase necessary.
• Void where prohibited.
• The four (4) Kittyhok cameras were provided by Kittyhok
• If the video does not reach 200 “likes” by 11:59pm (Central time) April 30th, 2022 then the drawing will officially be over, with now winner picked.

XTOOL D7 vs D8 Comparison. Differences Between These Two Diagnostic Scan Tools

XTOOL D7 vs D8 Comparison. Differences Between These Two Diagnostic Scan Tools

A quick video about the differences between the XTOOL D7 and XTOOL D8 diagnostic scan tools. I did separate review videos about each of these OBDII scanners a while back but there have been many questions about the differences between the two. See the links below for those review videos. Some of the differences pointed out in this video were sent to me by XTOOL, and some of the differences I have discovered myself. This may not be a 100% complete list.

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XTOOL D7 Diagnostic OBDII Bidirectional Control Scan Tool Review

Today we look a the XTOOL D7 Diagnostic OBDII Bidirectional Control Scan Tool. In this review I look at the functions, capabilities and the overall hardware of the D7. This tool is very similar ti it’s big brother, the D8 except it’s one inch smaller, has a smaller batter, no rear camera, and no rear kickstand. This tool has almost the same functionality of the D8, except it does not perform eeprom/ecu coding. The D7 advertises 28 special functions and has many bidirectional capabilities along with live data on all modules. It comes with a carrying case, battery charger, data cable and wired VCI.. This scan tool has a LOT of capabilities for the money.