That fellow "Skip" who wrote "More Power to You" said he knew China diesel owners that had in excess of 10,000 hours without a rebuild. We know trucks go 1000000 miles and at an avg of 50mph that is 20.000 hours Kirk
Appal Energy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Robert, > What is the flaw I am missing? You don't use all 2,000 kWh in 2-3 hour blocks. To make your idea work without a storage system you would have to conduct all your energy consuming activities within that narrow time window. You'd probably be best served by installing a battery bank and converter and cycle your gennie as required. You've also got to "depreciate" your gennie. Check the manufacturer's estimated life cycle. Usually they're only 2-3 thousand hours before a rebuild is necessary, meaning that you'll be buying a new gennie or paying the rebuild costs every second or third year. Todd Swearingen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Del Bueno" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 10:11 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Back to grid via WVO genset > So looking at my power bill for my recording studio business, we use on > average about 2000kWH per month. > If I were to run a 30kW diesel genset on SVO for 2.5 hours a day, 30 days a > month... > > 75Hx30kW=2250kWH ... > > I know that net-metering in Georgia does not pay retail rates for intertie > power, but hell, even if I had to run for 3-4 hours a day, seems like I > could do well. > Of course using a water cooled genset, I would also use the hot water for > heating applications. > I have a steady supply of good SVO. > And 30kw diesel genset available very affordable. > I know the intertie/net metering equipment costs a fair amount, but will be > applicable for future solar pv use as well. > > What is the flaw I am missing? > -Rob > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
