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Thanks for that! On reflection, I think that the product we are offering will be better suited to larger remote houses - An old school friend of mine had been faced with a masive connection bill on a rural property, and hearing his story, I thought that a generator might solve the issue. However, rather than just use one as a back up, we would provide a primary source... you couldn't permantly run your house off a tractor PTO, but with our kit which utilises a battery bank and an inverter, the generator only fires up (automatically) when the batteries are low, or when a large demand occurs (kettles / washing machines) and then runs until the demand drops and the batteries are full again. This means that it only runs maybe 2-4 hours per day using under 2 litres of gas oil (at 50p/litre) per hour. This also frees the owner of EDF's shackles, although it seems that if the property is already connected to the network, there will little benfit in purchasing one of our lovely big generators! If, by any chance someone is interested in the above, you can contact me . Once again, thanks for the feedback! James Contact details removed by the moderators. Please do not post your personal details on the message boards.

Hi everybody... I have really enjoyed reading many of the posts on this forum, and I would really appreciate some honest feedback on what I have written below. It is clear to me that there are some very knowledgeable contributors out there! I work for a small, family-run UK based (but French speaking!) power engineering company who specialise in the manufacture of top quality bespoke generators. The majority of our products go into mobile welfare units (used on building sites etc), to provide light, heating, hot water, and power for their occupants; however, we are curious to know if there is a market out there for our product to assist, back up or replace a domestic supply. I am not talking about a little petrol set the size of a beer crate here, (which could just about power a kettle), but rather a 4 cylinder diesel engine providing up to 27 kVA (or more if required...) housed in its own super-silent acoustic canopy, which could run (if required) continuously, and would only need a service every 1,000 running hours. The advantages, as I see it, are below... ·         Continuity of supply – a generator can ‘kick in’ automatically should the mains supply fail giving a constant supply of power ·         Synergy of fuel supply – a generator can run on gas oil, kerosene or gas allowing it to ‘tap in’ to many existing central heating resources. Failing this, we can provide a self contained bunded tank of up to 600 litres (allowing tanker deliveries of 500 litres (the minimum for most UK based fuel companies) whilst still having a supply of 100 litres in the tank)... or an even larger separate tank allowing months or even years between filling up ·         Lower electricity tariff – provides the option of having a separate circuit for ‘heavy’ appliances such as washing machines, kettles etc powered on demand by a generator, and just using the mains supply for the ‘lighter’ appliances such as lighting, TV’s, PC’s etc. As you can imagine, these machines won’t fit under the kitchen sink (800mm deep, 1500mm wide, 900mm high (without fuel tank – 1500mm with)) and would need to sit tucked away in a garage or somewhere similar... they would also probably cost in the region of £8-12K, so fall into the bracket of serious investment rather than a ‘nice to have’ luxury! With this in mind, my thoughts are that it may suit bigger, more rural properties with an unreliable power source, but then again, I may be way off! It might be that everyone already has a generator, or that electricity supply is cheap, plentiful, and reliable, and that this idea is a non-starter; however, I would love to know your thoughts on this before I invest any more time and money into looking for agents / distributors etc. Many thanks for your comments in advance – if you want more, I will be happy to bore you with all the information you can handle! James