I want to make a solar power generator for ac use not dc use, how long will it last if iam running a total of 1600 watts ? I was planning on making one with 8 batteries.
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any websites that explain this would be greatly appreciated.

say i build a turbine that was turned by a belt off the motor and ran and tube from it and put the hose going to the carburater so it forced air into it the motor. would this add any horse power or change anything?

I am a smoker and I can’t quit and will be taking my habit to the grave. With that out of the way I’m asking for some help with ways to help my birds.

I already know to ventilate.

What kinds of filters work the best for smoke? Hepa, ionics, what?

I found a nice GE Hepa for only 60 with replacement Hepa filters only 20 they are a room size and I was thinking of getting two, maybe three.

But I know there are lots of air filters on the market and wanted some input from other bird people as to what works best, especially with cig smoke.

Thanks alot.

I am looking to make a wind driven generator. My thoughts are that if I buy a gas driven generator it has all the converters and such so I can just plug in and go.I can adapt it to wind. I can buy a gas generator without a motor. Or does the gas driven one have to much torque compared to a wind generator?
I hope this makes some sense.

i have an 88 Trans Am GTA 5.7 LT1 engine and i was wondering if anyone knew where/how i could get a K&N air filter or something that resembles that type of filter, i dont want just the filter itself, im talking about the whole kit,

I’m a 1st time home buyer looking to buy a ranch style home in CT, a little under 1,000 square feet. I can’t find an estimate of oil costs anywhere, and the companies won’t give them to me unless I’ve got the place. I’m just trying to find out if buying this home is even affordable for me;

How much does it actually cost to heat YOUR home in the winter with oil? Please, any reasonable estimate would help me out a lot to start planning if I can budget this or not.

I know we have a lot of alternative energy skeptics in here, but the reality is that point-source energy production using a wide array of energy technologies will be the way of the future. Large scale wind and solar operations are technological nightmares and cost-wise gigantic monstrosities, but wide-spread adoption of small scale usage by individual homeowners has gigantic potential. Also, methane re-uptake technologies for commercial farming operations and water treatment facilities are also likely to become significant contributors to our future energy basket.

What is one alternative energy technology that you would take a serious interest in if it were more cost effective. Also, if you invested in some kind of alternative energy technology, how long of a payback period (recouping of costs through savings on utility bills) do you consider to be reasonable? For the sake of this question let’s assume the unit you purchase will have a 30 year useful lifespan and your total return on investment would be 30/x, where x is your payback period, suggesting an average payback period of six years would imply a 500% total return on investment.

I want to live off the grid in the woods/forest, without a house or a hut, just a tent and some basic equipment. What would be the best state to do this in? I would like some place without snowfall that isn’t too hot either; somewhere were food is easy to obtain and there aren’t many laws regarding "squatting".

I live in Portland, OR, so it gets chilly in the winter. My kitchen was added to the house in 1993, and there’s a crawlspace below it. During the winter, the kitchen is cold, and the floor is uncomfortable to bare feet, so the obvious solution is insulation. Should I use ordinary Kraft R-13? How does it attach, do I just shove it up between the joists and staple it into the bottom of the floor? Or does it attach to the joists?

We are concerning how the very practical way to save our earth by using renewable energy or green energy. What is the best green energy solutions that may cheap and affordable by everybody?

The only difference is there is a dye added to home heating oil. So then why is diesel cheaper?
I wasn’t sure what section this question belongs in.

I live in Newark NJ and I just switched from oil to gas heating system and I have an above ground full oil tank in my basement, does anybody knows any oil company that can buy me this oil? I might have 250 gallons in it.
Thanks,

I want to purchase a 60K wind turbine and plant it in 29 Palms, CA wind farm. If all the electricity produced is returned to the power company, what would the monthly yield be?

I have a forced-hot-water heating system with three zones, first floor, second floor, and water tank. After some maintenance on the system the second floor is constantly heating, even though the thermostat is off. I checked the voltage on the circulator pump and it is zero, so the pump is not running. It sounds like it is acting like a gravity-fed system. There are manual valves on the system, but the only things in the loops that are controlled by the thermostats are the circulator pumps. Do the pumps act as valves when they are not pumping? That was my guess so I replaced the pump, but my registers are still hot. If the pump does NOT act as a valve, what is supposed to prevent the hot water from moving through the system when the pumps are not running? I need some HVAC basics here. Thanks!

a source of heat what kind would you get? Is gas heat really more expensive then electric now?