On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Mike Hord wrote:

> IF it's fairly cheap, there may be a market in placing several of these
> at different spots throughout a largish house, replacing one large,
> expensive furnace with several small, cheap ones, which also offset
> their cost by putting some power back into the house.

You do *not* put it inside. It has water pipes in and out to a remote 
radiator. The box has a very high grade of insulation (double they say). 
You can think of it as an outdoor a/c unit that just so happens to make 
electricity.

3.5kW is about what's required to keep a room or two warm enough to live 
in in the temperate zone.

It would be interesting to know if the device lowers its heat output if 
the electrical load decreases. And if it does not, then how does it 
re-convert the electrical output into heat (thoughts of simple immersion 
heater built in).

> During the summer, of course, you'd either need to put it outside or run
> an additional air conditioner to offset its heat output.

Good point.

Peter
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