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Lister Market Place (things for Sale) / Re: Changfa 190 Engine for sale
« on: February 09, 2014, 03:09:01 PM »
Vegie is engine still availablle as I'm interested in it for a new project

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Lister Market Place (things for Sale) / Re: 6/1 cast iron valve cover
« on: December 15, 2012, 03:41:33 PM »
Chris R,

I seem to remember that I saw them forsale but can't remember where?

Anyway a cast aluminum one would do as well. The thin metal one loosens up and starts to chirp and is not music to my  ears.

Eugen.

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Lister Market Place (things for Sale) / 6/1 cast iron valve cover
« on: December 12, 2012, 08:20:52 PM »
Looking to buy a cast iron valve cover for my 6/1. The metal one I have keeps creeping loose and likes to go ting ting ting. :laugh:

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Wow Eugen,

I'm amazed too.  I didn't know that wood would burn in those temperatures.  ;)  And I hope to never witness it.  Harvesting the heat might be food for thought. 

Our place was about 1000 square feet too but that included the attached spacious one car garage which was not heated.  The Vermont Castings was a very cute stove but we soon learned that not all fire wood was created the same.  It was not as cute as the Petit Godin but it delivered about four times the heat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qp8VWRB-m4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsI7TzOFNvg

Casey

Casey,

Oop's  :police: I didn't know that either but if it could it would be handy in the Summer Months.

However harvesting heat from the listeroid would certainly be an option if it was my only source of electricity. However it is only for power-out conditions. The Petit Godin I have seen  recently and is somewhat the same as my Tempwood but only that is also loaded from the top and I have to remove the ash from the top as well. It's not a big deal with having to do this once every two weeks

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If you're harvesting the heat then let me urge you to get a fan.  We had a small wood burning stove to ease the electric heat.  We put a thermostat on the stove that turned on a small fan when it felt 120 degrees.  The next day we were heating the main part of the house with this tiny Vermont Castings wood stove.  It was amazing.

Casey

Casey;

I'm not looking to harvesting heat from the lsiteroid, I have a woodstove (Tempwood) in my basement that  heats my 1050sq ft house (with 20+ below zero outside temperatures) without any other heat source and that in itself is amazing for me. However I do have an oil furnace backup that takes over when I'm not home to attend to the woodstove, which by the way does not happen often. We stay pretty close to home in the Winter Month's.

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Thanks for all the replies

My setup is a labour of love and I'm constantly looking for improvements. All the responses I've seen on the cast-iron radiators seem to fit in with my thinking. So the next project is buy an cast-iron radiator and have more fun!

Eugen

 

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I have a 5 row cast iron one on mine and it works great, takes awhile to heat up and when it's super hot out I have a small window fan behind it cooling it down.
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That's interesting that a 5 row would do the job that well.

How big a load do you run on it?

Eugen

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Listeroid Engines / re-visiting the cast iron radiator cooling for the 6/1
« on: February 27, 2011, 04:00:06 PM »
Recently I found several of these radiators.

There were several members that utilised/experimented with this type of hot water home heating radiators to cool their Listers. I would like to hear some updates on the use of these radiators, did it work ok, is anyone still using these or was it a wash so to speak.

Eugen

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Lister Market Place (things for Sale) / Re: 2 Cylinder Air Cooled on EBay
« on: February 27, 2011, 03:41:56 PM »
It's been relisted? but is now a Deutz 2 cyl air cooled engine.

Eugen

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Original Lister Cs Engines / Re: How is your cold starting
« on: December 08, 2010, 12:19:25 AM »
Hi from the land where nothing works ie 1/2 mile outside the M25 uk.Its -6 celsius outside at the moment,I make that 28.7 fahrenheit.Worried about the amount of antifreeze in my toy I went for a cold start. High compression and O/load tripped .4 compressions later 42584 burst into life...result.ran for an hour with 2 kw on her and am now feeling rather pleased with myself,and warmer.How is everyone elses cold starting ?.

I use the true and tried method in my part of the world were -30C is not at all unusual, it is an in line 110v heater that is on a timer, 4 hrs on 4hrs off whenever the temperature gets below -20c. If the temperature is above the -20C I use my home made 12V start system and get her up to to 600+ rev. for less than a minute and away she goes.

The in-line heater can be seen in my photo gallery.

Eugen

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Listeroid Engines / Re: Freeze Protection ?
« on: December 03, 2010, 06:58:16 PM »
So why not an in-line 110v heater with a timer? It's what I use in the colder weather. Look in my gallery to see

 the inline heateer

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General Discussion / Re: Hydro One's Time Of Use pricing
« on: July 22, 2010, 02:29:27 AM »
I've seen Listers, Petters, John Deere's etc used to make icecream. I wonder if a Lister could be used to make beer? ;D

  B&D
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Not that I'm aware of but you could use the heat from a Lister to distill a really bad batch of beer.

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General Discussion / Re: Hydro One's Time Of Use pricing
« on: July 21, 2010, 01:13:42 PM »
Yeah Ive been thinking about that too, turn of some things during the high times.  Would work fine so long as nobody opens the doors to the fridge...

Have a look at this http://www.ehow.com/how_5905274_convert-freezer-beer-keg-cooler.html  You will see that you could use this idea to make a freezer into a fridge and it wouldn't matter if you open the door.

Yes I make my own beer and it is on tap.

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General Discussion / Re: Hydro One's Time Of Use pricing
« on: July 21, 2010, 12:50:27 PM »
Highway# 518 West,  44Km from ParrySound

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General Discussion / Hydro One's Time Of Use pricing
« on: July 20, 2010, 07:00:32 PM »
I used a 20 Amp relay and a commercial timer (stuff I had laying around) to turn my hotwater heater off during the times when the rates will be high and back on when the rates are low.
Although the TOU is not yet in effect here, I have tested it at two hours per day and have not run out of hotwater from my 40 galllon-HWH. That said there is only the Wife and myself and as such might not be worth it for a large family.

Eugen

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