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re: generator size for emergency use
15 jan 1998
it's not me wrote:
>...i would recommend an 8 kw, but then they get a bit more expensive
>since you are now in an 8 or 10 hp. motor. as for the furnace, it
>shouldn't take much to keep it running...
who needs a furnace with an 8 kw generator? honda's 6.5 kw generator uses
4.5 gallons of gas in 5.2 hours, ie it makes about 4.5/5.2x130,000 = 112k
btu/h or 33 kw of heat, about 5x the electrical output and twice as much
heat as the oil burning furnace in my basement. even bill clinton seems to
have discovered "combined heat and power" (chp, aka cogeneration) these days,
saying "today, 2/3 of the energy used to produce electricity is wasted."
nick
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