Dual fuel

[jimsouth]

Since we don’t really have any info about the Harvester set up and can only assume it will be an air cooled version of a Volkswagen platform, wouldn’t it be cool if we could have it set up as a dual fuel engine. I’m just thinking how convenient propane would be for a lot of people. As someone who lives in Florida I am well acquainted with what happens when a storm rolls through and gas is tough to find. A couple propane tanks though you could store with out it turning to ethanol varnish and have an alternative. Any thoughts?

 

[Chuckles]

I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that Harvester will be air-cooled. Harvester setup seems to be the most widely speculated thing on the forums. Most think a 3 or 4-cylinder version of a VW car engine, which seems plausible. Who knows? My dream engine is a 2.5 turbo VR6, which has been sold in China. The VR6 is compact and sounds great (but I'm not holding my breath).

 

[jimsouth]

I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that Harvester will be air-cooled. Harvester setup seems to be the most widely speculated thing on the forums. Most think a 3 or 4-cylinder version of a VW car engine, which seems plausible. Who knows? My dream engine is a 2.5 turbo VR6, which has been sold in China. The VR6 is compact and sounds great (but I'm not holding my breath).

I’m actually hoping it’s as quiet as possible. If I’m in the woods, I don’t want to hear it when I use it to charge at night

 

[Mr._Bill]

It's going to be a generator to charge the battery pack. Look at what they are putting on motor homes. It will likely be small, efficient, and air-cooled.

 

[jimsouth]

It's going to be a generator to charge the battery pack. Look at what they are putting on motor homes. It will likely be small, efficient, and air-cooled.

Exactly my same thoughts. A trickle charger on steroids. Adds charge to the battery but slower than its pulled out. And as I said earlier that way when you are camping or whatever you can charge your battery without a lot of noise