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GBlist: DIY solar stirling heat engine




John: Is the stirling shown in Goeff's "Free Energy Encyclopedia" a solar
operated unit? We are investigating a used satelite TV dish for a small
stirling engine. If we had a 500 watt unit, it could give us about 4,000
BTU/h of hot (warm?) water. That would provide us with the majority of our 
electrical/heating requirements. A stirling co-generator would seem worthy of
building to demonstrate another feasible technology as an alternative to
dinosaur fuels. Who (other than SunPower) may I contact who has experience with
DIY stirlings? Any manufacturers still in operation? Any assistance would be 
appreciated.
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Jorg Ostrowski,  M. Arch. A.S. (MIT), B. Arch. (Toronto), Ecotect 
 - living a conserver lifestyle & working in a sustainable home and office
Web Site [under construction]: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~jdo/ecotecture.htm
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On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, John R. Tooker wrote:
> A Stirling engine heat pump, similar to the one shown in the "Free Energy
> Encyclopedia" is fiendishly simple to build abd operate, and might just
> fit in to this scenario. Simple, lo-tech, and potentially *quite*
> effective. :)
> Regards,
> John
> 
> 

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