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Posted by Chris Edwards on March 29, 2008, 6:04 am
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'Morning troops
A friend of mine is moving to the country where he has access to
unlimited quantities of hardwood fuel. He's looking to find a small boiler
and steam engine, which he says would be about 10HP (8 Watts ?), with which
he hopes to power a generator to provide all his electrical needs, with the
boiler also serving to produce domestic hot water and heating.
Notwithstanding the size of unit quoted, is there anything off-the
-shelf known to anybody? I said I would ask the experts!
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Chris Edwards (in deepest Dorset) "....there *must* be an easier way!"
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Posted by Cheshire Steve on March 29, 2008, 6:10 am
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> 'Morning troops
>
> A friend of mine is moving to the country where he has access to
> unlimited quantities of hardwood fuel. He's looking to find a small boiler
> and steam engine, which he says would be about 10HP (8 Watts ?), with which
> he hopes to power a generator to provide all his electrical needs, with the
> boiler also serving to produce domestic hot water and heating.
>
> Notwithstanding the size of unit quoted, is there anything off-the
> -shelf known to anybody? I said I would ask the experts!
>
> --
>
> Chris Edwards (in deepest Dorset) "....there *must* be an easier way!"
10HP = 7500 Watts (8kW) - you wouldn't get far with 8 Watts, just
consider a light bulb.
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Posted by Chris Edwards on March 29, 2008, 7:48 am
Please log in for more thread options On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:10:54 -0700 (PDT), Cheshire Steve
>> 'Morning troops
>>
>> A friend of mine is moving to the country where he has access to
>> unlimited quantities of hardwood fuel. He's looking to find a small boiler
>> and steam engine, which he says would be about 10HP (8 Watts ?), with which
>> he hopes to power a generator to provide all his electrical needs, with the
>> boiler also serving to produce domestic hot water and heating.
>>
>> Notwithstanding the size of unit quoted, is there anything off-the
>> -shelf known to anybody? I said I would ask the experts!
>>
>> --
>>
>> Chris Edwards (in deepest Dorset) "....there *must* be an easier way!"
>
>10HP = 7500 Watts (8kW) - you wouldn't get far with 8 Watts, just
>consider a light bulb.
>
...yes, of course..a silly mistake, thank you.
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Chris Edwards (in deepest Dorset) "....there *must* be an easier way!"
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Posted by on March 29, 2008, 9:33 am
Please log in for more thread options My only thought is how are you going to keep the engine / boiler runing
without employing someone to keep it running.
Assuming you need 24 hour power are you going to have the boiler fired and
the engine running all night un-attended?
I bet the insurance folks would be interested in that?
As to hot water, the same applies, either that or you get up, pop down,
light the boiler, get up steam, then pop back in for your shower?
Power Stations ran 24/7, but they had three shifts to cover the maintenance
and ensure that everything was running okay.
It sounds nice, but not really practical, unless you have some form of
storage of the heat and power.
MH
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Posted by on March 29, 2008, 9:35 am
Please log in for more thread options I forgot, it might be possible with oil or gas firing, but not really with
hardwood, but even then you would need some sort of automated control
system.
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> A friend of mine is moving to the country where he has access to
> unlimited quantities of hardwood fuel. He's looking to find a small boiler
> and steam engine, which he says would be about 10HP (8 Watts ?), with which
> he hopes to power a generator to provide all his electrical needs, with the
> boiler also serving to produce domestic hot water and heating.
>
> Notwithstanding the size of unit quoted, is there anything off-the
> -shelf known to anybody? I said I would ask the experts!
>
> --
>
> Chris Edwards (in deepest Dorset) "....there *must* be an easier way!"