This is an endless topic. Here's a nice mechanism. Very suitable for the telemetry/automation orientated.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2084492353533644927# Regards Roland On 24 November 2010 20:20, Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 11:29 -0600, Jon Elson wrote: > > dave wrote: > > > Hi Jack, > > > > > > Have you computed the real costs of running a diesel powered genset > > for > local power. It comes out to be not very attractive. > > > Just the cost of the fuel alone is more per KWH than the grid. > > > > > Yes, but if you are 20 miles from the grid, and the only person out > > there who wants to hook up, the power company will usually charge you > > a HUGE fee, well over $10K to bring out the lines. If you are really > ... snip > > I have been giving this some thought. If the grid is available, the only > way off-grid power makes since is if it's almost free. One of my > thoughts is to run my generator head with a steam engine which could > burn, wood, waste oil, propane, whatever. If necessary, enough batteries > would be needed to fill the gap when the mains get interrupted. There > would be enough batteries to to keep the power up until the > hydro-generator kicks in. The hydro source would be a tank on a tower, > or a tank at the top of my hill with the turbine at the bottom. The tank > would be pumped up when I have excess power. Hopefully there would be > enough hydro to allow enough time to get the steam engine up to speed. > Or maybe have the hydro turbine do double duty as a water and steam > turbine. Anyway, this is some of what I think about when I do my morning > thinking. > -- > Kirk Wallace > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html > California, USA > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! > Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by > optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the > Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
