3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

professor95 wrote:

ol Bombero-JC wrote:
Prof - (Re: The enclosure heat - Potatoes in the Micro)
Maybe just pack the potatoes around in your pockets for a while!

You just turned on a light inside the dark side of my brain. Why did I not think of this before? All I needed to do was hinge one side of the muffler enclosure I built so that I could open it like an oven and place the spuds inside. You know, sort of like heating a can of pork & beans on the cylinder head of the old Studebaker flathead six (for real - I have done it!).

Yep, Floyd, it is a "high tech" system for sure.

All kidding aside, I am beginning to pay more attention to the wasted energy we normally ignore. What about all the exhaust heat from the genny?..... or out the tail pipe of the tow vehicle? Maybe recapture it with a u-pull-it junkyard turbo attached to yet another generator - like a smaller 12 volt unit to charge a battery? Using the genny heat to warm the coach in cool weather is not too far off the table - makes better sense that electric heaters running off the genny. I am working on placing a metal tank in my attic to preheat water for the hot side of my domestic system in the house. Yes, I am including a drain pan. Why not a solar or genny to water heater waste heat system for the RV? Saw a clip on the telly this AM about using attic heat to warm the water in a pool - not a bad idea. I have been thinking more along the lines of using our pool water to cool air via a couple of radiators and fans in series with the pool pump - that is until the water in the pool gets too warm. Sure wish I could freeze it solid in the winter and use the ice in the summer to cool the house. I do have two unused wells with 56 degree water in them that are beginning to look pretty attractive as a possible coolant source.

The RV is pretty wasteful as well. We occasionally use the genny to run the 15K BTU roof top air conditioner. But, that is my gas going into the genny, not a site specific unmetered prepaid campground power source. A second look at windows, doors and sloppy workmanship that leaves open holes around electric cables, shower and sink drains comes to mind, as well as insulating the roof vents.

Geeze, if you want to have more projects to do than time allows, retire.