Micro CoGen.

Recently tried to check my future SS benefits online. Due to past identity theft could not do online. Went to local SSA office in town of 20K people. All of the workers were behind walls and you talked to them through the windows. Waiting room had chairs and an ARMED guard at a desk. His job seemed to be to say "get a number and wait till its called". Really seemed unnecessary and out of place in a small country town.

On another note we have 2 stations within 5 miles selling ethanol free gas. Currently at $3.25 gallon.
Terry

Central Arkansas (50 miles north of Little Rock)

Stress proof or 4140 will handle more than mild steel. I have used stress proof as tie bolts on large press brakes and parts I make for oil field drilling rigs. A lot of the down hole
tools used in the oil field are made from 4140. You can order from www.speedymetals.com.
Terry

Where I am (rural central Arkansas) if you want to build something like that or a house you just do it. Septic isn't inspected if you have over 5 acres (I think ), if you are on a water system they will check to the house, no building permits or inspections, electric company will check that meter base and disconnect are to their standards past their meter they want you to do ir right, but no one inspects anything. I even had the serviceman that connected the power to my shop (3 phase, only cost to me was conduit and digging the ditch) tell me that part of my work wasn't exactly to code, but it would never give me trouble. Don't think I could put up with  the crap most of ya'll have to do.
Terry

I would be interested in at least 1 of the 12v. if the 120v. are available at least 1 of those.
Terry

Hot dry sand will flow like water. Any small holes let out huge amounts of sand. Built a wood fired heater in late 70's and used sand for heat storage. Run heat transfer fluid through copper pipes to take heat into house. Worked, but not the best. Have plans to build wood fired heater this year using water as storage medium and incorporate solar and microco gen.
Terry

Found this Lister  powering a  pressure washer. Can anyone help me with horsepower and rpm on this unit. Tag has  3170st1a2915. I'll try to post photos when I figure out how to make them smaller.
Terry