Anyone here know anything about anaerobic (oxygen-free) digestes or where i can get info on the net? want to use cow manure/wood pulp to produce methane. heard...
Dear Ian There is a HUGE resource on the net... Do Google Searches for biomethane, bio-methane, biogas, anaerobic digestion, gobar System economics are much...
Ian, Have a look at this: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/MethaneDigesters/MDToC.html JTF may not be the most reliable source of information, but...
Hi all, well, I've being getting yet AGAIN one more ups, this one is 4000w and the battery layout is 2 banks of 4 batteries of 48v by 96ah. My Q is this, as...
On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:30:44 -0000 ... No problem at all. The input amps are determined by the output power. To be safe, find out the maximum input amperage...
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On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:31:21 -0600 ... I really should have said "no problem at all as far as the UPS is concerned.". The batteries may have difficulties in the...
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... Well, no.... 4 x 12v x 85ah = 48vdc @ 85ah, not 340ah. 4 batteries in series gives 4 times the voltage of a single battery, but not 4 times the ah...
Around here wvo and biodiesel have basically "gone" in terms of availability - all sewn up by the big corpse-rat-ion boys it seems. I blame carbon trading! The...
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Lister Model SL1, single cylinder, air cooled diesel engine. Starts and runs easily with included hand crank. The SL1 was produced from 1961 thru 1966 and...
For those working to get off grid, or solarizing your boat or rv: Anyone ordering the Ample Power Living On and Wiring For 12vdc CD will get their choice of...
I am looking at running the Lister CS on wood gas as WVO is starting to go the way of the dodo around here as well. Wood Gas can be made from sawdust or scrap...
If waste engine oil was put through a centrifuge twice I was thinking of one around the size of the one made from the propane cylinder, (photos in the photo...
Will someone in the states tell me part numbers and reasonably priced suppliers for the filters needed to filter fryer oil? I'm looking at filters for a car...
Not that I know what I'm talking about, but I run my dodge 1991 pickup on veg, and have put about 20,000 miles on waste veg oil that I've filtered myself. I...
Hi Guys, I have been give a pair of nice 100w induction motors (coupled to 3 stage plastic beverage pumps). My biodiesel processor had an old strimmer motor ...
Hi Simon The Strimmer motor will have been a universal motor which will run on either AC or DC. To control an induction motor you will need to regulate the ...
... Hmmm, while I have sympathy for those well down the road - the need to replace lintels to stop the curtain walls falling down may have saved me from an...
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... yes, many of us in many parts of the world have found WVO to be basically gone at this point. thus have looked to the much more available and ubiquitious...
I see many alternators available that generate 240V at 3000rpm or there abouts. Then there are the ST's that generate at around 1500rpm. So question is, as the...
Only on Thursday I accidently fed a Petter AC1 its air filter foam seal at 3000 rpm, it coughed and carried on with no problems, so there may be hope for a...
I bought on of Sam Crosbys 6/1 listeroids and generator. I am in the process of building a small concrete block wall building to house this and a tarm wood/...
Carl, Leave yourself 2 to 3 feet all around the footprint of the generator. I suggest 8x8 foot shed. Nothing worse than not being able to work on a machine...
Hi Ken, And what about if one were to put it in a pit, bellow the floor, how much space would it need to do it's magic? I was envisioning a fixed lifting...
Hi Folks I have a listeroid 12/2 coupled to a 7.5 kva generator. Question I am about to re engineer the drive system to allow me to run at 325 rpm as this...