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To: AZLiberty
I completely blew this calculation.

I think by at least three decimal places. A 1.5MW generator burns about 100 gallons an hour. Considering it is about 30% efficient that works out to 30 gallons of diesel fuel.

IOW over a period of 30 days this thing generates at about 2.1kW

44 posted on 10/08/2014 2:22:36 PM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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To: Boiler Plate

Thank you for confirming my recalculation.


45 posted on 10/08/2014 2:51:23 PM PDT by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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