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I was watching a home improvement show where
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:27:01 -0800
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On Dec 14, 2007 10:05 AM, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Generators burn a lot of fuel and convert 70% or more into heat, so
On Dec 14, 2007 10:05 AM, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Generators burn a lot of fuel and convert 70% or more into heat, so
cogeneration, if you can make it safe, would work quite well. I'd love
to use a water cooled diesel generator for a boiler and electric source,
(biodiesel project)
Curt Raymond wrote:
Anyway when it comes to heat your 7000watt generator isn't very much, 1500
watts is about 5,000 BTU so you've got somewhere around 10,000 BTUs of heat
available...
I found a Watt/BTU converter, it says 7kw = 23,885BTU/hr. That could heat
my home easily, unless the wind is
Of Mitch Haley
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Curt Raymond wrote:
Anyway when it comes to heat your 7000watt generator isn't very much, 1500
watts is about 5,000 BTU so you've got somewhere around 10,000 BTUs of heat
R A Bennell wrote:
My purpose for the generator was really just to permit me to run the
furnace blower motor since it is a gas furnace and will work so long
as it does not overheat the plenum and shut itself off. I wonder if
one could set up a pedal powered fan and run the furnace without the
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R A Bennell wrote:
My purpose for the generator was really just to permit me to run the
furnace blower motor since
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Curt Raymond wrote:
Anyway when it comes to heat your 7000watt generator isn't very
much, 1500
watts is about 5,000 BTU so you've got somewhere around 10,000
BTUs of heat
available...
I found a Watt/BTU
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And Randy,
We won't tell, but we will never forget.. Just kidding
Enjoy pedaling - but you need to get two so you can pedal
together..
Be safe and warm
Chuck
On Dec 14, 2007, at 11:16 AM, R A Bennell wrote:
My purpose for the generator
R A Bennell wrote:
My furnace is old enough that I might manage it. It still has a pilot
light and no exhaust fan.
FWIW, you could probably get a 20-35% increase in efficiency if you
upgraded. The new condensing furnaces (two heat exchangers, PVC
exhaust) are up to 95% efficient, ones with
John Robbins wrote:
FWIW, you could probably get a 20-35% increase in efficiency if you
upgraded. The new condensing furnaces (two heat exchangers, PVC
exhaust) are up to 95% efficient,
A couple of years after my parents got a condensing boiler with black
plastic flue, (don't remember if it
gas prices seem to have
flattened out and are not yet breakng us.
Randy
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R A Bennell
money is.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:05:55 -0500
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Curt Raymond wrote:
Anyway when it comes
in
power outtages and recharge the battery with one of the crs if necessary.
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:35:09 -0600
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] EMERGENCY HOUSE
I was watching a home improvement show where they showed an
alternative to
this for the sump pump. It's a special pump which uses pressurized
water to suck in water then off
to the waste line. When the power is off and the sump pump called for
it opens the water line and away it goes...
Sounds like a version of a ram pump.
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:05:26 -0800
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I
It seems than at Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:43:09 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had a 74 240D (stick, dark blue) on the West Coast. We used to take it
skiing in the Sierras and I began to leave it run all day, about 8 hours or
so.
I turned the idle down to about 300 RPM, which saved fuel,
On Dec 13, 2007 1:17 PM, Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What you referred to as compression braking has practically nothing
to do with compression. The braking effort of the engine is caused by
it's inefficiency as an air pump. Any energy used to compress the air
is regained when the piston
It seems than at Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:33:36 -0800, Alex wrote:
On Dec 13, 2007 1:17 PM, Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What you referred to as compression braking has practically nothing
to do with compression. The braking effort of the engine is caused by
it's inefficiency as an air
Fmiser wrote:
There are other kind of engine retarders - electric,
hydraulic, and (like the little Cummins uses), a butterfly valve
in the intake to make the engine-as-an-air-pump even less
efficient.
The 7.3L Powerstroke had an exhaust butterfly valve to induce backpressure
and create heat
It seems than at Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:51:42 -0500, Mitch wrote:
Fmiser wrote:
There are other kind of engine retarders - electric,
hydraulic, and (like the little Cummins uses), a butterfly
valve in the intake to make the engine-as-an-air-pump even
less efficient.
The 7.3L
I agree that a car engine won't produce enough heat to make a real
difference, especially sitting in the middle of a garage.
Wood furnaces and exterior wood furnaces are problematic, too. The
exterior ones are pretty inefficient: 50%, from what I've read.
Interior wood furnaces are more
12, 2007 12:36 PM
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Subject: [MBZ] EMERGENCY HOUSE HEAT
I agree that a car engine won't produce enough heat to make a real
difference, especially sitting in the middle of a garage.
Wood furnaces and exterior wood furnaces are problematic, too. The
exterior ones are pretty
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Unfortunately, a legal woodstove hookup has become pretty expensive.
The building inspectors
, December 12, 2007 4:14 PM
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Woodstoves are only dangerous when installed and operated improperly. Coming
from Maine I've sure seen my share of
scary ones.
You need 36 all around the stove to any flamable material, that includes down
so a good
wood.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:18:04 -0600
From: R A Bennell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I agree with you. The danger part is mostly
Idling doesn't hurt the Scion engine?
Gerry
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From: Dan Weeks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I agree that a car engine won't produce enough heat to make a real
difference, especially sitting in the middle of a garage.
Wood furnaces and exterior wood furnaces are
In a message dated 12/12/2007 9:48:26 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
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A friend bought a 74 240D on the west coast and drove it home to Winnipeg.
He stopped the first night in Idaho and
it wouldn't start in the morning. A new glow plug and he was on his way. The
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