Hi Roland Balke, hope you are having a nice day
Thursday, 19 June 1997 06:42:00, Roland Balke wrote to All Subject:
Generators
 RB> I would like to know where a person might find a generator in
 RB> the 3-10 KW range 110v AC that can run on alcohol. Being in a
 RB> highly sunny area, the idea of a sun-driven still for night time
 RB> power or cloudy days is VERY appealing as a backup. But you
 RB> apparantly just cant take a PowerPony or other little generator
 RB> that runs on gasoline and pour in 160 proof ethanol; ethanol burns
 RB> too hot for the engine , so I am told. Advice?
I would check a motor cycle wrecker and see if I could get a cheap bike 
ngine
and modify that. A lot of racing engines run ethanol! Perhaps a two stoke 
motor so the oil helps to avoid the corrosive effects of alcohol?
A bit of chain gearing and a couple of alternators and away you go!
All-be-it that the engine would probably only need to run slightly above 
idle:-)
 -=> Yours sincerely, Jock Rogan <=-
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