Butcher using diesel generator saves 1/3 of leccy cost

[knighty]

I was always tempted in the past to set myself up a CHP system running on lard

get loads of beef fat at work I'm having to get rid of, used to render it down and sell it off but the price fell out of it so wasn't worth it anymore

ran vans on veg oil and did loads of miles, it's not much different, seriously thinking about it again.... my electric contract runs out soon and the price increase for a month alone would cover the setup cost

 

[wyn]

I'm sure if you buy red for agriculture you need a "Holding number" to show you're a proper farmer.

 

[maroon]

ran vans on veg oil and did loads of miles, it's not much different,

Hmmmn... I tried running my transit on rapeseed oil with no adaptions just threw it in the tank standard setup. It worked. But it smelt like a chip shop.

Not long after the price of the oil practically doubled. So wasn't worth it.

 

[Ctreanor13]

Local forklift manufacturer here in Ireland have switched to diesel generators and are saving around 8k a week!

 

[knighty]

Hmmmn... I tried running my transit on rapeseed oil with no adaptions just threw it in the tank standard setup. It worked. But it smelt like a chip shop.

Not long after the price of the oil practically doubled. So wasn't worth it.

which transit? the 2.5di aren't great on it but they're ok.... any of the newer 2.4 are no good (mk6, mk7 and mk8 transits)

I don't know the reason why.... but it doesn't burn completely and gums up the piston rings and ruins the oil really quickly

 

[maroon]

which transit? the 2.5di aren't great on it but they're ok.... any of the newer 2.4 are no good (mk6, mk7 and mk8 transits)

I don't know the reason why.... but it doesn't burn completely and gums up the piston rings and ruins the oil really quickly

It was an old banana engine type. Manual injection.

 

[knighty]

those old banana engines were awesome, I had a turbo one once, it was really nice to drive

the mk6 and mk7 transits must cost me 10x more in maintenance than those old mk6 :-(

 

[maroon]

those old banana engines were awesome, I had a turbo one once, it was really nice to drive

the mk6 and mk7 transits must cost me 10x more in maintenance than those old mk6 :-(

Oh aye. They would pull a car on a trailer and not even notice in power that you were pulling something (obviously you would but just a fraction) . The vans there self's were good handling all things considered compared to the newer ones Imo. Felt a lot more glued to the road.

I've blown a few up, but I thrashed the backside off them. Managed to close the door on a skip full of stuff with a few chains once, you know them big skips with doors on. Indestructible them vans.

 

[knighty]

when I was a kid they were only serviced at MOT time, new filters and oil....

normally we'd check them before the MOT and there's be no water in the heater tank and no oil on the dip stick.... they just kept going and going

 

[Trevorleach]

Oh these werent warm in the slightest, this was 81-83' COLD winters. Dead stop to Max in the blink of an eye

Probably detroit diesel engines?

 

[addjunkie]

I'm sure if you buy red for agriculture you need a "Holding number" to show you're a proper farmer.

I buy red, usually 1000 ltrs a time, never been asked for a holding number.

 

[GRW]

2mW anyone?View attachment 374842

There's one a lot like that (2MW) sitting in a room in a Factory not far from me, waiting to be installed/commissioned by our lot in the near-future.
The Factory bought it 2nd-hand from somewhere - it's an SDMO-built lump with a separate cooling-pack for the MTU Lump.

 

[Justme]

I'm sure if you buy red for agriculture you need a "Holding number" to show you're a proper farmer.

Yes or for other uses sign a declaration.

We can still use it for some forestry purposes & for our home elec.

 

[GRW]

Oh aye. They would pull a car on a trailer and not even notice in power that you were pulling something (obviously you would but just a fraction) . The vans there self's were good handling all things considered compared to the newer ones Imo. Felt a lot more glued to the road.

I've blown a few up, but I thrashed the backside off them. Managed to close the door on a skip full of stuff with a few chains once, you know them big skips with doors on. Indestructible them vans.

I've still got a 22-yr-old LDV Convoy with a Ford 2.5di & box in it with150k miles. Aficionados say they'll do a LOT more.
(The van does have more plates than a Banquet Dinner Service in it mind )

 

[Matrixx]

We installed the control system and 11kV switchgear for these 6 Niigata slow speed (620 RPM) generators 6.8MW each, designed to last for at least 25 years, these can run on heavy fuel oil or distillate. In Kenya.

 

[addjunkie]

View attachment 374923
We installed the control system and 11kV switchgear for these 6 Niigata slow speed (620 RPM) generators 6.8MW each, designed to last for at least 25 years, these can run on heavy fuel oil or distillate. In Kenya.

Heavy fuel oil, there obviously really worried about emissions!

 

[ukracer]

The other thing that springs to mind if this become “ popular”……. emissions. Low tech diesels banging away are not the most eco friendly things.

Neither are 20mph zones and speedhumps.,but they keep cropping up.

 

[dobbslc]

20mph = 2nd gear @ 2500 rpm.
30mph = 3rd gear @ 1800 rpm.
Mmm which is using more fuel?

Edit: I forgot all the slowing down / speeding up, how efficient is that?

 

[minimutly]

20mph = 2nd gear @ 2500 rpm.
30mph = 3rd gear @ 1800 rpm.
Mmm which is using more fuel?

Edit: I forgot all the slowing down / speeding up, how efficient is that?

It’s a f******g disaster is what it is mate. Kids will get run over because people will be watching their speedometers not the road, pollution will increase, congestion will increase. And quell surprise so will speeding ticket sales.
F*****g asshats Welsh Gov and Plaid Cymru. And people actually think we should have autonomy for Wales, with this lot in charge? And, don’t forget, they will be there forever, given the voting demographic and anti -Tori rhetoric being doled out by the UK media atm.
Pissup in a brewery springs to mind

 

[James1979]

It’s a f******g disaster is what it is mate. Kids will get run over because people will be watching their speedometers not the road, pollution will increase, congestion will increase. And quell surprise so will speeding ticket sales.
F*****g asshats Welsh Gov and Plaid Cymru. And people actually think we should have autonomy for Wales, with this lot in charge? And, don’t forget, they will be there forever, given the voting demographic and anti -Tori rhetoric being doled out by the UK media atm.
Pissup in a brewery springs to mind

I don’t tend to agree with everything you post but that is spot on