Re: How's Your Electricity?
26When I lived in Vermont in the 1980's and 1990's there were a few times the power was out for 3-4 days. I've lived in northern Arizona since 2002 and the longest outage I can remember is only a few hours.
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If I remember my college chemistry I believe a wood gasifier turns steam into carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Both combustible gases. The steam has to be super heated under pressure higher than 15 lbs. per square inch.YankeeTarheel wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:10 pm I've never hear of a wood gasifier stove. How does it work and what does it do?
I keep a UPS (APC--I still have bunch of them ) 1500 watts, backing up my cable modem and switch. An old APC backing up the router, and a pair of 1350 CyberPowers backing up my wife's and my desktops. The laptops, of course, have their internal battery backup. Unfortunately, I don't have a backup yet for my NAS, but I should. I just have to move one into place.
The quick overview is that it's a top loading downdraft updraft gasifier. Wood is added and is lit on top. There are vents in the bottom of the 'firebox' that exhaust the CO, CO2, H2, and other gases released from wood as it's turned to charcoal. Those gased are channeled to the top of the stove and combusted. There's a small fan in the bottom that runs from a pair of AA cells that acts like a turbo. It's a very efficient burn and only smokes when it's first lit. They're pretty easy to DIY as well and smaller stoves work fine without a fan. I'll light a fire and report back with performance info.YankeeTarheel wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:10 pm I've never hear of a wood gasifier stove. How does it work and what does it do?
My old Netgear NAS has saved my bacon many times over the years - it gets pampered.YankeeTarheel wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:10 pm I keep a UPS (APC--I still have bunch of them ) 1500 watts, backing up my cable modem and switch. An old APC backing up the router, and a pair of 1350 CyberPowers backing up my wife's and my desktops. The laptops, of course, have their internal battery backup. Unfortunately, I don't have a backup yet for my NAS, but I should. I just have to move one into place.
The gas composition depends on the material pyrolyzed and the temperature. On one extreme, wood can be 'cooked' for charcoal and the gases are combusted. The wood gas or syngas can be collected and used to run vehicles or generators as well.harriss wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:49 pmIf I remember my college chemistry I believe a wood gasifier turns steam into carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Both combustible gases. The steam has to be super heated under pressure higher than 15 lbs. per square inch.YankeeTarheel wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:10 pm I've never hear of a wood gasifier stove. How does it work and what does it do?
I keep a UPS (APC--I still have bunch of them ) 1500 watts, backing up my cable modem and switch. An old APC backing up the router, and a pair of 1350 CyberPowers backing up my wife's and my desktops. The laptops, of course, have their internal battery backup. Unfortunately, I don't have a backup yet for my NAS, but I should. I just have to move one into place.
Honda's 2kw inverter generator is the standard of the industry. Mine is 17 years old and still runs smoothly and quietly. It won't kill your laptop. It's fairly easy to convert it to run on propane, natural gas, and still run on gasoline. Honda's run about a grand. Harbor Freight's version is just over $400.senorgrand wrote: Mon Jul 09, 2018 4:03 pm I am thinking of getting something that could run a laptop for a day or keep cell phones charged for several days. Any suggestions?
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