We don't need no stinking generator !

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  • Mike90250
    Moderator
    • May 2009
    • 16020
    #1

    We don't need no stinking generator !

    Winter is coming..... time to switch from buying battery water, to diesel.
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  • SunEagle
    Super Moderator
    • Oct 2012
    • 15178
    #2
    Maybe look into a bio diesel fuel generator. Then you can burn veggie oil which I am told doesn't stink when burned.

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    • Mike90250
      Moderator
      • May 2009
      • 16020
      #3
      Originally posted by SunEagle
      Maybe look into a bio diesel fuel generator. Then you can burn veggie oil which I am told doesn't stink when burned.
      Virgin veggie oil has no stink. Used veggie oil smells like fried food. Alas, the only place I can get bio-diesel, closed 2 years ago. I have to travel 60 mi one way to the next place.

      Powerfab top of pole PV mount (2) | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048 inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole | Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor (1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
      || Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
      || VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A

      solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
      gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister

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      • J.P.M.
        Solar Fanatic
        • Aug 2013
        • 15048
        #4
        Originally posted by Mike90250
        Virgin veggie oil has no stink. Used veggie oil smells like fried food. Alas, the only place I can get bio-diesel, closed 2 years ago. I have to travel 60 mi one way to the next place.
        But one, perhaps unseen advantage of used veggie oil is that every critter in 10 miles will line up at your door looking for free chow. They'll be better than road kill, and more free chow for you, but your taxidermy bill might go up some.

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        • inetdog
          Super Moderator
          • May 2012
          • 9909
          #5
          Originally posted by J.P.M.

          But one, perhaps unseen advantage of used veggie oil is that every critter in 10 miles will line up at your door looking for free chow. They'll be better than road kill, and more free chow for you, but your taxidermy bill might go up some.
          Hmm. Roadkill farming (or would it be ranching?) An interesting ecological concept!
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          • J.P.M.
            Solar Fanatic
            • Aug 2013
            • 15048
            #6
            Originally posted by inetdog

            Hmm. Roadkill farming (or would it be ranching?) An interesting ecological concept!
            Shrink wrapped and coming soon to a yuppie/treehugger grocery store near you at the "bag'n'gag" counter. Marketed as "better tastin' than MRE's". And cost effective too, except for the cost of coal shovels to scrape the harvest and road watcher insurance. Unearned trophy heads for unsuccessful hunters might be an offshoot business, or a Frank's hot sauce roadside concession to keep the kids occupied.




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