Re: electric power generation
From: Tequila (tequila_at_mockingbird.com)
Date: 06/28/04
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 01:16:02 -0500
For a home, I think part of the problem is,
the (ICE)motors wear out, and cost
too much to get rebuilt.
Conrad Eaton wrote:
> Hi all,
> Some time ago I was involved in a project that used 600 HP electric
> motors. We determined that it was cheaper to generate our own power
> with a deisel mo-gen than to buy power from the local utility (in MA).
> Why isn't the same true for small mo-gens for households? Are small
> engines inherantly less efficient than large engines? That doesn't
> seem true for auto engines. Are there other considerations which
> render household generation impractical?
> TIA
> Conrad Eaton
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