Bill, With regards to a wood stove in particular it's all of the below..
Edgar On Nov 30, 2012, at 10:45 PM, Bill! wrote: > > Joe, and also RAF and Edgar... > > So are your efforts to be able to produce your own electricity based on a > desire for: > complete self-sufficiency (as in survivalist) > constancy (as in a temporary back-up) > cost-savings > a more ecological means (more 'green') > other (please explain in a FEW words or sentences) > And if your efforts are based on some combination of these and you would be > so kind, please rank them in order or better yet give them a percentage of > your motive. > > Thanks...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > > > Bill!, > > > > We, err-r, "hams" have to be (like to be) ready, in case of an emergency, > > and like to have home-power on-hand in case the big-momma should go down. > > We think our comm's might save the day, a little at a time. And we see it > > happen, when things happen. We train for it, so it's not mayhem on D-Day > > (or de Day, as they say in Jamaica). > > > > I don't do that, yet, the training(s), but I am new to the game. I want > > spare power to spare, in order to work DX when the bands become REALLY > > quiet when all the world's electrical noise-sources die. It's not just for > > me, it's for THEM ("others", we called them, before Awakening)! We hams > > help each other. Well, I *think* we're others. > > > > BTW, in Israel, there are some Jewish hams, and they are still as Kosher as > > they wannabe. > > > > Bill!, when the mains are at ground-potential, cost is not an option. We > > have options in place. They cost, but what the hay. > > > > Speaking as a ham. > > > > But I still can't ape Porky Pig too convincingly. You'd never know that, > > here! > > > > --Joe > > > > PS I think Edgar could be his own wind-generator, reliably! Bill!, you are > > a *SOURCE* of light, and not a good photoelectric converter. That would be > > US. ;-) > > > > > "Bill!" BillSmart@ wrote: > > > > > > RAF and Joe, > > > > > > I've experimented around with electric power generation (solar and wind) > > > and still haven't found any that are more cost-effective, much less more > > > efficient and 'green', then the community grid. > > > > > > ...Bill! > > > >
