Gunther Schadow wrote:
> Aaron J. Grier wrote:
>  > On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 11:33:49PM -0700, Carlini, Antonio wrote:

>  > shipping?  I'd be more worried about power and cooling requirements.
>  > 8650 is ECL: my catalog says 22,000 BTU/hr...  not something for the

> I am not sure how an electrical furnace would compare with a
> VAX 8650 in terms of heat (1) production, (2) efficiancy, and
> (3) total power uptake, and (4) plower air throughput. In the

The gas furnace in my 1500ft^2 house is 75,000BTU/hr (22Kw)
and probably runs more than a third of the time during a typical
Ohio winter (same at Purdue, so IU can't be much different). 
Instead of replacing the furnace, maybe put the VAX 8650 in the
return plenum and use it as a pre-heater with the main blower
running continuously.

> natural gas. Any way to run the VAX on natual gas?

What about these new fuel cells that you hear about once
in a while? They run on natural gas I think.

> -Gunther

-chuck