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Old 10-27-2015, 09:27 PM   #2 (permalink)
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The company I work for has mission critical setups...I pay roughly $300 a year in hookup fees just to have electricity
I lost the thread somewhere around here.

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Looking further it appears natural gas produced electricity (at home) costs about half what electricity from the grid costs not considering fees...
I only pay $0.398 per therm, electricity would cost $3.077 for the same amount in terms of "heating" values.
So you answered your own question?

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After reading about co generation I started thinking I could probably use a $50 conversion kit on the 3kw inverter generator I already have and I could probably figure out how to use heat from the genset in winter if I want.
What does the conversion kit do? If you need further inspiration, here's a rocket stove/USB charger:

https://www.google.com/search?q=BioL...ve+USB+charger
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