<x-charset ISO-8859-1> Hi all - Rather then reply to all the various questions from various members of the various groups I've posted to, RE:- the Lister engine driven alternator project, I have decided to do a 'one covers all' reply so heres a list of answers.
1 Mine is the 'little' one - it only weighs 333kg! it's a 3.5hp - Lister's upped the power output by making it go 50rpm faster and by a better design of combustion chamber. 2 Yes - I've seen the utterpower.com website - very good it is too, all about building Lister driven generator stuff. 3 No - it does not run on Listerine!!!:-)) (actually it just might - it will run on just about anything that won't damage the injector). 4 Whats a 'Lister' engine - look up 'Lister CS 3.5' on the 'net. CS stands for 'cold start'. The 'CS' engine - the one I've got stands about 3/5' tall, weights 333kg, and has two six spoke flywheels - the standard layout of a tipical 'CS' and when running, will make hardly any noise due to the massive cast iron waterjacket cylinder head. The sound it does make you could listain to all day - tick tock clickity clack! ..wonderfill!! 5 They come second hand at stuped prices - as little as ‚P00, I was given mine as it has a few bits missing. I avdvertised for it in 'Stationary Engine Magazine' see www.stationaryengine.com . 6 They last for ever! You'll be worn out before it is. 7 I may run it on waste veggy oil - it's the ideal engine for such an experement. Off load, it will run for about 5 days of 9 hours on a gallon of fuel - actually a very efficient engine - especially when set to 'high compression' mode. 8 Mine's the 3.5 hp single cylinder verson - as apposed to the 6 hp single or the 10 hp twin. 9 It's a British Lister - not the one they now make in India. The Indian engine - available from Utterpower.com -made under licence is the same engine but alas it appears that the Indian market prefers their engines to be finished in bright metallac floresent lime green! 10 it runs at 650 rpm - slower then your car on tick over - and sounds just magic! 11 I hope to custom design an alternator into one of the flywheels to produce about 1kW max - I'm an engineer/inventor, so I can do this sort of thing (I hope!!). 12 I'm going to mount it all on a platform in a garden shed that I can demount the sides to gain access, the base will be like an elongated pallet so I can move it all around - I.e. on a trailer. 13 I'm going to use the waste heat from the engine to help heat the house. Hope that covers everything for now, Clive :-)) Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ </x-charset>
