Re: [Biofuel] modified sine and sine wave inverters

2005-11-23 Thread Peter Martin
Hopefully you got a straight answer by now! If you know what a sine wave is, then the modified one could be described as a series of varying amplitute pulses that approximate the shape of a sine wave. Mike Weaver wrote: Cheap junky inverter vs. good inverter, not to put too fine a point on

Re: [Biofuel] modified sine and sine wave inverters

2005-11-23 Thread Peter Martin
Sorry, I didn't catch all the previous thread! Any of you have experience with just having a modified sine wave powering computer equipment? My immediate goal, if it doesn't cost too much!, is to have an inverter powered from the battery with a charger to the grid. Mainly to provide a kind of

Re: [Biofuel] A new website

2005-10-28 Thread Peter Martin
If anyone has had difficulties loading a distro, I'd like to make a high recommendation for Ubuntu. My company just gave us new Dell D610 laptops and the latest Ubuntu loaded right up! I'm very impressed with this distro! Formerly I had run run Debian on the old laptop. I currently run

Re: [Biofuel] A new website

2005-10-28 Thread Peter Martin
Actually, give Ubuntu a try. It's a no brainer. You can set it to dual boot real easy. And it works on my company's laptop that has the 'latest' video drivers. I did have to hunt for a suitable distro since the current debian couldn't start X, but Ubuntu does! Jason and Katie wrote: i would

Re: [Biofuel] Re: solar tracking devices

2005-06-17 Thread Peter Martin
I can neither confirm or deny ... sounds familiar :) Generally, in the estimations I have made, and this would be for a home off-grid, the payback would be on the order of 15-20 years. Not cost effective in the short term, but certainly over the long term. Not to mention environmental

Re: [Biofuel] Re: solar tracking devices

2005-06-17 Thread Peter Martin
monitoring stations. Normally operated in cold climates. Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Martin Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 9:52 AM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Re: solar tracking devices I can

Re: [Biofuel] CAFE vs ANWR

2005-03-21 Thread Peter Martin
consumers STILL spend the same $$ per week regardless of what you buy! I've a TDI that gets 47mpg. Our driving per week expenditures are base on about 500 miles per week. A gas powered vehicle would need to get 40mpg for us to spend the same on gas. Not too many around here that do! I have

[biofuel] COOKING OIL USES !

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Martin
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Re: Re: [biofuel] diesel engine after market products?

2002-08-22 Thread Peter Martin
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