Howdy everyone!

It's been a little bit since I have posted, mainly due to lack of time on my part, but the mind is still whirring away non stop. You would think by now that
auto manufacturers would have moved in toward efficiency with respect to A/C  especially with the greenie's breathing down their necks, but it looks and
sounds like that may  not  be the case. Perhaps it could be that a reciprocating style A/C compressor of the commercial type might work, along with a
magnetic clutch of sorts. The gen head I have is rated at 13.5 Kw, so in combination with the flywheel mass and a hard start kit for the A/C, it could well
be done that way as was mentioned. The fuel will be biodiesel, which will be distilled on site using local WVO as the feed stock. Adding to all of this might be
some batteries and an inverter to maximize usage and gain more off grid time. Now I just need the Spring weather to make a return, so that I can start
chipping away at things. I hope this find everyone doing well

Eric

Hi Everyone,

Being an engineer with a mind that never seems to go to sleep, I had a thought the other night whilst sitting.
That thought was, "has anyone here, or know of anyone who has, run an AC compressor from a Listeroid CS?"
While my setup using a 12/1 CS will mostly be for backup, and for running the house, just because I will be able
to, I wanted to see if anyone had in fact used a Listeroid for air conditioning while also making power.

Given that the average car has an air conditioning capacity of 2 tons (24K BTU), and some trucks have more,
this might be an instance where using commonly available parts might prove workable, and not all that expensive.
I can make biodiesel very inexpensively (currently do produce), so it may prove to be less expensive to air
condition the house versus the nearly 50 cents per KWh in our area (cost per KWh + transmission cost).

Being an engineer, and knowing people in the HVAC field, I don't think there is anything we can't solve, but
just wanted to see if anyone has done this, and how it worked for them if they did.

I hope this finds folks here on the forum doing well, and I look forward to chatting with folks.

Take care,

Eric G.

Hey Graham,

I'm welcoming the nicer weather with open arms  . We will be having some concrete work done in the not too distant future at our
place as well, so I will be including a generous pad for the Gen Shed. The patio, front walk, and the Gen Shed pad will all hopefully get
done in one day. I'll get the conduit stubs placed so that I can do some advanced planning. Haha, no worries on the throttle linkage, I
knew you hadn't forgotten I can still get by and get it started using some Yankee Engineering for it's initial spin-up. It's too nice to be
at work; I wish I was outside working on it now.

Take care,

Eric