[SEL] I have been playing with engines for the first time inmonths

[Peter Scales]

Hi Curt

Commercial electricity here is 0.13 GBP a unit (kilowatt-hour) or nearly 26
cents US....

The domain name?  It depends how I'm feeling at the time :-)

All the best

     Pete
-- 
Peter Scales  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com 
> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Curt
> Sent: 29 November 2006 18:26
> To: The SEL email discussion list
> Subject: Re: [SEL] I have been playing with engines for the 
> first time inmonths
> 
> Pete,
> Neat photos of your project. They caught my attention as I 
> have a 6.5kw 
> alternator I have aspirations of hooking to an old engine someday.
> You are getting hosed on electricity! Here in NC we are paying 8 
> cents/kw residential and 4 cents/kw for industrial.
> 
> BTW, what's with the URL? :-)
> Pete Sex Tension??? or
> Pete's Extension
> 
> Either way it's a good laugh :-)
> Curt
> 
> Peter Scales wrote:
> 
> >Hi list
> >
> >Some pics of an old new toy here:
> >
> >http://www.petesextension.com/biodiesel/PetesProcessor.jpg
> >http://www.petesextension.com/biodiesel/12-2-1.jpg
> >http://www.petesextension.com/biodiesel/12-2-2.jpg
> >http://www.petesextension.com/biodiesel/12-2-3.jpg
> >
> >The phone pics of the engine aren't too sharp, sorry :-(
> >
> >For the first time in months I have managed to do something 
> hobby-related
> >:-)  The alternator in the engine photos was made in 1954, 
> so it is two
> >years older than I am.  It's a Brush 6KW machine generating 
> 230V at 50Hz.
> >The Lister CS 12/2 was made in 1951.  It is a vertical twin 
> with opposed 
> >crank throws, generating 12 HP at 650rpm.  I can generate at 
> 0.0666 GBP a 
> >kilowatt-hour (13 cents US) on biodiesel, making it cheaper than the 
> >utility company, who are charging me about 20 cents.
> >
> >All the best
> >
> >     Pete
> >  
> >
> 
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