Mongol Herdsman wrote:
> Apptech wrote:
>> IF the manufacturer approves it then it's in specs as "over nominal rating
>> by x% for y seconds". FWIW I'd imagine that hard online starting a
>> compressor motor forces it to run "out-of-specs with a vengeance 'for some
>> short period of time'. This is hard to avoid with simple systems - and motor
>> manufacturers usually assume that people will start them occasionally.
> 
> I doubt compressor or generator motor manufacturers approve using such
> devices. What they assume, I don't know, got no dead fish right now.
> 
>> You may
>> also note when doing this core research that he has his own private
>> natural-gas well, so his rocket fuel is possibly rather (gas-) well priced
>> compared to what most of us put in our rockets.
> 
> If I had my own private natural-gas well, he-he, I would try to sell
> some gas, and depending on the income either buy a decent UPS, or a
> yacht with built-in conditioning system :-)
> 

It's probably a better deal for him to use the energy before selling it
to the conglomerate. If I were him I'd get a CNG car.

-
Martin
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