I am new to the forum, all seems very intersting. I have a farm and need backup power for my wells and geothermal system. A few questions... Could I hook the cooling system on a lister to my in floor heat and regulate the temp with some sort of control?
I would like to make electricity and heat the house concurrently, the heat mass in the floor will hold the heat while I don't need the electricity, (at night or during mid-day) My wells are 1 and -1 1/2 horse and 220. I have a 6kw portable gen set with a B&S engine, i would like to convert to a lister using the 6HP motor, to run my house. I also have a 15 KW and a 30 KW PTO gen set. I beleive a 25 HP lister engine would run those, as my 30 HP New Holland tractor does.
Are these things possible, and more importantly, do any of you have experience doing them? Running a PTO generator off a tractor here in Iowa can get mighty expensive. So aI am looking at a lister!
For the final part of the question, is there any manufacturer that you all have had particularly good or poor luck with. I have been in contact with Vijjay, they manufacture Ashwengha.... Can I rely on them for shipping and sending an engine or should I go through an importer? I am willing to pay a little more to get rid of the hassles, but am not oppposed to going direct if the reliability is generally good.
Last but not least, would you all recommend multiple listers, say 6 hp, running smaller gen sets wired for separate circuits or a larger gen set.
Thanks for your help. I continue to enjoy reading the forum.