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posted by pasofol on July 6th, 2008 at 4:17PM

Gas burns in engine, engine turns coils/magnet makes electricity, and water is used to cool the engine which is used as hot water or heating.

There was a great flash of it working but I don't see the point in search for it for you.

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posted by dennisn on July 6th, 2008 at 4:43PM

Interesting hybrid. Gas generators are pretty inefficient in their heat loss; and marrying this with someone who loves heat, like a water heater, ingenious.

Although, I wonder how much electricity a tank of propane can make with it -- given the fact that a large portion of the energy is intended to make heat.

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posted by pasofol on July 6th, 2008 at 5:07PM

The video was avi you are in luck.

http://www.whispergen.com...vid_avi_10mb.avi

It's operational in hotels where there are huge water heaters so on. There's a small home unit by whispergen which I think generates 1000watts but it depends on how much water you are heating and goes back to the grid. It turns off when not in use and I believe uses some power to start up so not worth it for say 1 person on their own.

There are figures so on that people have for these units which you can easily google.

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