[Gasification] Was: DIY GtL, Now: the odd box and the house lighting

[Pete&Sheri]

My guess is that it was not hydrogen, rather acetylene.

Pete Stanaitis
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Luke Gardner wrote:

> <snip>
> ---and remove this very odd metal box located outdoors, but under a 
> large overhang of the attached mechanical wing.
> 3. remove all of these sconce like lamps used for lighting throughout 
> the place.
>  
> <snip>
> Me being of curious nature asked around how did these lamps work?
> no one knew...  until I asked this local old duffer running a concrete 
> crew, he explained that they were gas lamps, when I inquired where 
> they got the "gas" he pointed to the odd box that we were removing, he 
> answered "from that hydrogen generator"  At which point my boss 
> started chewing ass about my lack of work being accomplished.
>  
> 20+ years later my memory is washed clean of any of the particulars of 
> the plumbing and whatnot, and I find myself building a gasifier for 
> grid tied power production, with ambitions of waste heat capture for 
> home heating, and fancy the idea of capture and storage for cooking, 
> lighting, and even small scale GTL for personal use.

How big is your intended grid tied power producer going to be and how 
much do you think it will cost by the time you have it tied to the grid?

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