Joined the forum a few days ago an have read almost every post over the past feww weeks. Thought I should introduce myself before baraging the group with stupid questions that could probably be answered with the search feature.
I live in north Florida , wife 2 kids, multiple pups etc . I own a cnc machine shop and work mostly in the firearms industry. I dont currently own a lister but I do have aprox 40 other engines ranging from modern to old hit and miss antiques and a number of working scale models.
I have a keen intrest in the listeroid , just have to wait on the right deal to pop up, hope to find something at the zolfo springs engine show .
I have ordered one of the changfoids from a seller on ebay and will be setting it up with a 10kw gen in hopes of replacing the 5k/11hp propane genset we use as a backup for the house. Like rocketboy I am in Fl and there are times the power is out for 2-3 weeks straight and we like the AC on those 100+ degree days. Hope to experiment with WMO as I have aprox 1500 gal on hand and one of my customers disposes of aprox 200 gal a week. I have a HATZ that runs well on well filtered WMO at 70% just require frequent de-coking and warm up on straight #2.
Also working on a larger genset , I have a 50 hp ford 4cyl that I am pulling out of an old directional boring machine for the project , would like to generate enough power to run a couple of machining centers in the event the power is out more than afew days, need 15kw continous . Based on how involved the ford head is to pull to de-coke I will probably use straight diesel or maybe diesel/UVO mix.
Anyway thats a lot of rambling for an introduction , Richard Thompson
