Last time I asked the price was in the 5 digits. Wish in one hand and spit in the other to see which one fills up fastest.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Foltarz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Solar powered air conditioning & Stirling Motors > I want one!!!!!! > > --- Appal Energy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sun Power in Athens, Oh ( http://sunpower.com/enthusiast/index.html) is > > > supposed be to be some kind of Sterling mecca, but they are probably so > > tired > > > of being inundated with basement tinkerers like myself, that they don't > > want to > > > share much information. Also I believe their specialty now is the > > "CryoCooler" > > > - a novel artifact of the sterling motor - it becomes a refrigirator if > > you run > > > power in to it. Reverse the power input and the same end turns very hot. > > So the > > > stirling motor can function as a heat pump. Todd have you ever chatted > > with > > > those folks there at SunPower? > > > > I've seen their 1kW gennie in operation. It runs on biomass - wood chips, > > cobs and the like. Slick as a whistle, with their magnetically "suspended" > > piston. Sets into motion the imagery a bit like an overglorified pellet > > stove, coupled with the Stirling engine and a generator, all wrapped up in a > > portable and aesthetic package about the size of a 1-5 kW gasoline gennie. > > > > It's a great little unit, especially if the waste heat were coupled into a > > water or residence heating system. Just a bit on the pricey side though, as > > the few units made have been cast and prepared individually. It's going to > > take a seriously interested manufacturer to get the price down to the "Home > > Depot" (that's "consumer warehouse") level. > > > > Todd Swearingen > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
