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Old Sep 5, 2001 | 11:20 AM
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No, I'm not kidding!

This guy built a gas turbine engine out of an old truck turbocharger. Follow the link to see how it was built, and how it cools his Guiness! Not exactly the model of thermal efficiency though! LOL!

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Old Sep 5, 2001 | 11:33 AM
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It just goes to show what a man will do in the pursuit of happiness and a nice cold beer
 
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Old Sep 5, 2001 | 02:42 PM
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Pretty interesting. Hmmmm.......

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Old Sep 5, 2001 | 07:35 PM
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My Man! Talk about re-inventing the wheel! There is nothing like a cold beer. The cooler the beer, the better. Jake.

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Old Sep 5, 2001 | 11:14 PM
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That ranks up there. Very impressive. Now if he could only harness the heat from the exhaust to supply power to the shed. Then you would have a more efficent set-up.

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Old Sep 6, 2001 | 06:16 PM
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Harness the heat and convert to climate control and electricity. Cool idea. Jake.

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Old Sep 6, 2001 | 06:31 PM
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Yep, I thought he was pretty resourcefull. If he could turn a generator and heat some water with the exhaust gas, he's have a miniture cogeneration plant!
 
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Old Sep 6, 2001 | 09:31 PM
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That's it!

Use the heat to heat your hot tub while at the same time cooling your beer. Now how to address the noise issue? Surely the muffler could be incorporated into the heat exchanger for the hot tub.


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