Running your meter backwards is not illegal, and is safe with the proper equipment. You will definitely need a grid tie inverter with a sell option (trace). see http://www.homepower.com for the correct methods of accomplishing this. most states have a netmetering law that covers the approved method for sell back. don't take the power company's word for it.
>From: Dana Linscott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: small diesels and filtering fat >Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 07:50:50 -0700 (PDT) > >Jerry, >Are you really considering running your meter >backwards? This is not only iilegal(theft) it is >dangerous. Powerline crews typically shut off power >before working onlines at a substation or line shunt. >They don't expect to have power comming from "the >other direction" and as such feeding back into the >grid can cause injury or death... >There are procedures and equipment to "sell energy >back to the power co. but they are not cheap and of >course they buy at a discount. In MN the power co. >must buy consumer produced electricity...but it >requires safety equipment and the discount is deep. >Still may be cheaper than investing in inverters and >batterys. Check with your state public utilities >commission (PUC) for state laws requiring the power >co. to purchase your excess. > >Dana > >--- jerry dycus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Ratchelali and All, > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Heated centrifuge but maybe not in your scale > > which > > > poses a problem. > > > How often do you run this engine and whats your > > fuel > > > consumption. It > > > may be cheaper to use new veggie oil and not > > bother > > > with the used > > > stuff. > > The spot market for veggie oil is $1.00 a gal in > > the US in 60,000 lb lots, way above diesel. I'll get > > my feedstock recycled and free, rather than virgin, > > thanks. Using waste as fuel is eco of the highest > > order. Besides, I'm cheap. ;-) > > Fuel consumption should be about 4-7 hr per gal. > > I just got the engine and I'm still thinking > > about > > how to use it. I'm thinking of just running my > > electric meter backward with it to cut my electric > > bill to almost nothing. I called Tampa Electric co > > to > > sell them electricity but they didn't want it. > > Has anyone done this with a 120 vac gen? > > Another way is to charge batteries and run an > > inverter from them. The problem here is batteries > > need > > to be finished charged at a low rate and equalized > > once a week to have long life. > > One way around this is to have 2 banks of batts > > and have one bank equalize the other and the engine > > just has to bulk charge which it can do fast and > > eff. > > The goal is to keep engine time to a minimum, > > say > > 2 hr/6 kw/ day avg saving much wear, cost and noise. > > I'll use engine heat to heat my home next > > winter > > too. I don't understand why people up north don't do > > this. It can cut their heat, electric bill in half > > with fuel oil or more with fryer oil or biodiesel. > > > > > > Another good way is producer gas from woody > > biomass. > > Anybody run a small Yanmar diesel on producer > > gas? > > But I still need a good low tech/ cost way to > > filter/ treat it. What the cheapest filter I can > > get > > away with? > > As for filtered motor oil as fuel in a diesel a > > friend of mine use to mix it with 15% diesel and ran > > it in his Mercedes. That said motor oil has some > > nasty > > things in it like heavy metals. Also has longer > > molecules that are harder to burn cleanly causing > > pollution. It's one fuel I won't be using even for > > free. > > jerry dycus > > > > > > > > Now for the question. In the US what's the > > > > cheapest way to filter , prepare used fryer oil > > > for > > > > running in the yanmar straight other than > > keeping > > > it > > > > warm? What can go wrong? > > > > Thanks, > > > > jerry dycus > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great > > prices > > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices >http://auctions.yahoo.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
