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Shop Tips
There are times help is needed when things don't go as expected, or times when we all might of said, "there has to be a better way". This board is in place to post tips to make things a bit easier or ideas that might help when the unexpected happens. If you have a tip or an idea that you would like to share please post them here.

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TINY HOUSES/THINKING SMALL

Location, Location, Location
where to locate and build small houses

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Foundation or mobile
putting down roots or on the go?

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Thermal concerns
heat gain, heat rejection,  thermal mass concerns

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Wall and roof
conventional and non conventional materials

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Appliances
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heating/cooling/power systems
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water/waste water
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Prime movers, diesel and gas engines

Lister, Petter, Blackstone diesel engines
a forum for the original english diesel engine's who's place in history cannot be denied.

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Listeroid/Petteroid/Clones
a board for listeroids, petteroids and other clone diesel engines

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Changfa/Redstone/Chinese diesels
a board for those hard working, and in some cases "noisy" diesel engines

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Perkins/Cat/Kubota/Yanmar/Isuzu
a forum for small engines of modern design

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Witte diesel and gas engines
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Gas/Propane/Natural Gas Engines
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Steam and Sterling engines
external combustion and heat engine board

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Alternators and Generators

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Micro-Cogeneration Systems

Operational or Planned systems
share your plans for, or show off your cogen systems

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Members Projects
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Commercial cogenerators
Links to cogenerators from micro to mega, post links to them all.

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Heat exchangers/thermal storage

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Electrical/Electronic equipment

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focus on life with batteries and inverters, practical application concerns

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Wind, Solar and Hydro
Hardware rocks our world. Discuss your DIY or commercial system here.

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Refrigeration

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Society of Microcogeneration Research and Development (SOMRAD)

Micro Combined Heat and Power Group
overview, mission, goals and society related news

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Testing Protocols/Procedures/Methodology/Results
Board to discuss and establish acceptable standards

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Prototype Co-Gen Unit Testing
units either complete or near completion that are under development and testing

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Prime Movers
power unit development board

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Electrical Generation
Generator/Alternators/Batteries/Inverters

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Thermal Recovery
heat exchangers and heat recovery strategies board

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Exhaust Treatment
Catalytic Converters/  Particulate Fillters / Scrubbers

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System Management
Automation/Control Strategies

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Questions presented to the Society
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Fuels/alternatives

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Testing:procedures/protocol/results and white papers

Testing Results and Reports
Final test results and reports from members are published here

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White Papers/Technical Library
archive of technical papers from members and other sources

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Buy/Sell/Trade

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Dealers Registry and Parts Sources

Company/Location/Products for Sale
links, contact info, types of products offered, specials etc.

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Parts Source
where to find parts useful in building our projects, list them here, find them here

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