you can use a trace inverter in sell mode, without batteries. they have various models you should look at. you won't be able to get permission, likely, as netmetering usually only covers solar and wind, so welcome to the world of guerilla energy.
>From: "Olsen Eric (app1ebo)" <[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 11:44:05 -0400 > >Jerry, >I have a 2.5Kw 120 VAC water-cooled Yanmar Diesel and plan on doing exactly >the same as you suggest us northerners do (New Jersey). I plan to take it >further than heating the house in winter by preheating hot water in the >summer. The work is still on progress, but so far I have built a sound >enclosure and exhaust heat exchanger I built from a highway muffler wrapped >with 1/4" copper and insulation. I have the copper tube wrapped around the >exhaust all the way up to the cylinder head (all insulated), because the >heat from the coolant was not hot enough. It was a used marine gen set, the >water pump flows too much water, but the exhaust heats it up nice now, but >it takes a while. > >I would also like to back-feed the 120V to the utility without batteries >and >inter-tie inverter. If you find a way to do this please post it. I was >thinking of just using an inverter without the batteries, but don't know if >that can work with something like a Trace inverter. Again, help on this >would be appreciated. >Eric Olsen > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jerry dycus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 10:23 PM > > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: small diesels and filtering fat > > > > > > 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/ > > > > 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/ > _________________________________________________________________ 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/
