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Re: Backup Power Schemes
From: Jerry Scharf <scharf () bb rc vix com>
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 1997 09:34:07 -0700
wb8foz () nrk com said:
Gas Turbine. Not very fuel-efficient, but much less routine maint than Diesels. Also smaller.
variations: Propane fuel, Natural Gas
For those of you who have never had the pleasure of working with turbines, they are not something you would want to be near humans who still want their hearing. At about .5MW load, they have a marked similarity to a jet plane taking off (no surprise.) Fine for out of the way places or low class commercial areas, but probably not something that would want to be on a slab in downtown San Jose or Palo Alto. Diesel is much quieter and easier to muffle. But if you need a lot of power, natural gas turbines get really big, and the odds of a turbine starting are better. I like turbines, but almost never find a place to put them. (then again, I still like MG sets.) jerry
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- Backup Power Schemes Eric Osborne (Aug 08)
- Re: Backup Power Schemes wb8foz (Aug 08)
- Re: Backup Power Schemes Tony Li (Aug 08)
- Re: Backup Power Schemes Joseph C. Pistritto (Aug 09)
- Re: Backup Power Schemes Paul J. Zawada (Aug 11)
- Re: Backup Power Schemes Felix Tang (Aug 09)
- Re: Backup Power Schemes wb8foz (Aug 09)
- Re: Backup Power Schemes Tony Li (Aug 08)
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- Re: Backup Power Schemes Justin W. Newton (Aug 11)
- Re: Backup Power Schemes Nathan Stratton (Aug 11)
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