[Wonder Warthog]

"While using e-cat to make electricity in the house seems out for right now, using one for heating buildings and making hot water seems a natural application, provided it's made reliable and only needs an annual or semi-annual servicing. To start out with, heating office buildings, hotels, apartment buildings and other large applications, and then crank out units for individual homes. Up north, I spend more money for heating than I spend for electricity in the winter."

A pure heat engine can also drive an air conditioner system or refrigerator. There are motor home fridges that run on propane (using the ammonia absorption/desorption cycle). So both home heating and cooling area possible.

[PapaBear3625]

Excellent idea! With a cheap heat source, it becomes viable to use an e-cat to thermally power an air conditioner, greatly reducing the electricity needed (just the fan part is now needed). Summer cooling is a major consumer of electricity.