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- Wed May 08, 2013 8:56 pm
- Forum: Alternate Energy Discussions
- Topic: Bio Gas - Free Gas Fuel
- Replies: 10
- Views: 26712
Re: Bio Gas - Free Gas Fuel
I'm skeptical if you can get as much energy out of Bio Gas (methane) as it takes to produce it. It's only in the availability of free materials (waste) to make the gas where the economy is to be found. Turning trash into energy. Storage is the problem. It does not liquefy at easily attainable pressu...
- Mon May 06, 2013 9:17 pm
- Forum: Electronics Projects Discussions
- Topic: Home made Air Conditioner
- Replies: 12
- Views: 54073
Re: Home made Air Conditioner
Troy, they are not watching to see you struggle or fumble along. They are watching you to see you win. America loves hero's and winners. I enjoy thinking about the engineering problems. I want to see you solve them and keep improving your life. There is no end to it, you can always go back and addre...
- Sun May 05, 2013 9:17 pm
- Forum: Alternate Energy Discussions
- Topic: Bio Gas - Free Gas Fuel
- Replies: 10
- Views: 26712
Re: Bio Gas - Free Gas Fuel
Excellent site explaining propane appliances run on only ounces of pressure:
http://www.motleyrvrepair.com/propane_s ... nd_use.htm
http://www.motleyrvrepair.com/propane_s ... nd_use.htm
- Sun May 05, 2013 9:10 pm
- Forum: Alternate Energy Discussions
- Topic: Bio Gas - Free Gas Fuel
- Replies: 10
- Views: 26712
- Sun May 05, 2013 8:42 pm
- Forum: Alternate Energy Discussions
- Topic: Bio Gas - Free Gas Fuel
- Replies: 10
- Views: 26712
Re: Bio Gas - Free Gas Fuel
Trifftraps, man, that channel is not available in the USA. Dang. Oh well, I'll have to dig around form some other interesting videos.
- Sun May 05, 2013 8:40 pm
- Forum: Off Grid Living Discussions
- Topic: Water from the Creek Easy and Cheap
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14345
Re: Water from the Creek Easy and Cheap
Another interesting page I found along the way. It has a chart for pressure based on how high the water column is. It turned out that I didn't need it, but it's still worthwhile to mention: http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/hydrostatic-pressure-water-d_1632.html With only 100 feet of drop, there is ...
- Sun May 05, 2013 8:22 pm
- Forum: Off Grid Living Discussions
- Topic: Water from the Creek Easy and Cheap
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14345
Re: Water from the Creek Easy and Cheap
The 3rd website which I think is just a free online calculator source lets us figure in many different units, how many gallons we get over time through a pipe of a given ID if we know the rate of flow in Feet Per Second. We do, it's .22 fps. Here is the link: http://www.1728.org/flowrate.htm I set t...
- Sun May 05, 2013 8:09 pm
- Forum: Off Grid Living Discussions
- Topic: Water from the Creek Easy and Cheap
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14345
Re: Water from the Creek Easy and Cheap
The second page is from a company that sells drainage pipe. They never had any idea we'd figure a tiny .25" drainage pipe but we did! http://www.prinsco.com/article.cfm?ID=100 I entered the following data: .25" id pipe and .6% grade. The answer is our velocity of flow would be .22 or .28 feet per se...
- Sun May 05, 2013 8:05 pm
- Forum: Off Grid Living Discussions
- Topic: Water from the Creek Easy and Cheap
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14345
Re: Water from the Creek Easy and Cheap
Ok, I have more data. I was wondering if the weakness in my idea would be through 1000 feet of 1/4" id hose, would we only get a drip drip due to friction? So, I set out to figure that out. Since we are only allowed one link per post (please fix this for me Troy) I'll have to do this over several po...
- Sun May 05, 2013 6:04 pm
- Forum: Off Grid Living Discussions
- Topic: Water from the Creek Easy and Cheap
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14345
Water from the Creek Easy and Cheap
I was surfing and saw this product: http://www.plumbersurplus.com/Prod/Watts-RVGE-3-8-Vinyl-Tubing-Clear-250-Feet/250191/Cat/269 250 feet 3/8 od tubing. Id is 1/4" about $32. How to pump water from a long distance away and control that pump without any wires from the OGC (Off Grid Camper) with Commo...