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« Reply #90 on: December 21, 2008, 08:58:56 am » |
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Hydrotinkerer,
Thanks for the link, I'm awaiting a reply from them now to see what unit I should use. I hope this is the ticket for me. If so then Bob could benifit from it too.
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« Reply #91 on: December 21, 2008, 12:18:22 pm » |
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I'm also building a map adjuster to go on my camry. I hope to get the parts next week.
Bob you could always put the cell in front of the rear wheels. Their is always alot of wasted space there.
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« Reply #92 on: December 21, 2008, 02:35:32 pm » |
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that is a possibility ... but if I remember right under my truck is only about 6" from top of the frame rail/bed to the side pannel bottom... its not very high at all.... long yah !
and probably a foot wide but deep... I don't think its very deep at all... I could probly lay them on their sides fine in that space... but they need to breathe standing UP !
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NOW in front of the front wheel is a good possibility ...
I will check it out...
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I'll just mount it all in a trailer and tow the SOB behind the truck all the time !
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« Reply #93 on: December 21, 2008, 02:45:11 pm » |
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build ya a winch mount looking thingy and mount it in front, It'd also help with the cooling, grab a can of krylon and make it purdy. my truck's sitting in the bank parking lot DEAD, don't have cell hooked up so it wasn't caused by it, that distributor module gave up, noticed some hairline cracks in it when I installed it, new one will be in tomorrow. 14" of snow here, freezing cold, great time for croaking truck.
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« Reply #94 on: December 21, 2008, 04:36:53 pm » |
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Man Randy. Hope the new year treats ya better. We're about there.  Charley |
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« Reply #95 on: December 21, 2008, 06:12:43 pm » |
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Talk about taking up space I've been toying (pun!) with the idea of mounting 2/75watt solar panels on my camper shell and inside in the bed have 2 L16 batteries (400ah each) with a Trace C40 charge controler and wires and the hho cells all hooked up. I figure the batteries will be charged full most of the time. Since we get so much sun here this would be a great 'to and back from' work truck arrangement. There would be no drain on the electrical system of the truck and I should be able to pump at least 100amps in those cells at least on the sunny days (95% of the time). I may have to use a battery boost regulator like the TGE N8XJK. Since I have most of this laying around anyway I won't have to put out $2000 to get this stuff new! What we won't do to save a few dollars on gas.
I'm being sarcastic. But, this would definately work. The panels would be charging the batteries all day and I only drive the truck about 2 hours a day on average anyway.
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« Reply #96 on: December 21, 2008, 10:55:12 pm » |
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Great IDEA Tink !
but I'd add a battery Isolator in the truck to let the engine charge the big batteries in back while it's runnin' myself... I don't have much faith in those solar panels as they put out a very small trickle charge most of the time ...in good sunlight !
... now if ya had a 10amp solar pannel sure... but I think that would cost you more than the truck now days ! HAHAHAHHAHA but you'ed have a better idea than I would, if they'ed stay charged or not...I ain't messed much with solar pannels ...YET.
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I like Randy's Idea of a winch/bumper bracket on the truck ...perhaps when I have time and material for such a thing... good O'l Krylon is better than chrome anyway ! HAHAHHAA
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« Reply #97 on: December 22, 2008, 06:26:32 am » |
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To use the truck to charge the batteries would be an easy install even with a switch to shut it off when not needed.
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« Reply #98 on: December 22, 2008, 08:38:23 am » |
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yah true but have the solar panels on the roof of the camper shell to Help out...
tiz a great idea when your using big batteries, why not lighten the load on the engine !
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« Reply #99 on: December 22, 2008, 09:16:36 pm » |
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There are so many new technologies out there with solar power but they are so expensive. We really need a total shift in our energy usage to get the prices down on solar and wind so all these other things can take off. Imagine once you get going in a vehicle using the wind to power the batteries! there is no end to what can be done once we get off the oil diet that is destroying our creative brain power. Years ago I read an article about a sail for a boat that was shaped like an airplane (or should I say a bird) wing mounted vertical in the craft and it propelled the darn thing. What ever happened to that? How did we ever get so dependent on oil? I'm being sartacistic again, I know how we got so dependent on oil.
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« Reply #100 on: December 23, 2008, 12:36:29 am » |
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Tink:
Jach Kustoe's(sp) boat used that method and it worked fantastically
vertically driven turbines are even being placed on Oil tankers now to help off set the cost of running the diesel engines by powering electric engines.... they take the wind at 360 degrees, no need to worry about jibbing or turning... one of these on a car but shorter would definately charge your batteries ! and make a electric car almost useable !
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vertically driven turbines are far better than the old windmills of the 1800's but you seldom see them, and I'm not talking about the helicopter blades bent into a bow eather
I'm talking about a true turbine... 55gal drums cut in half and off set to form a "S" shape
stacked on top one another and balanced and with good berrings ... something as simple and as crude as the 55 gal drum turbine will out proform a 12ft windmill in all winds !
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if you take a single 55gal drum and cut it exactly down the center and half it and then place the half cut side at the center or a bit less the air is scooped in one side and redirected out to force the other side around.... so you not only have a big area off center to catch the wind but it uses that wind to turn the thing too by forceing it out the other side ....
its a fantastic design and so simple its childs play.... but very very effecient!
make a small 1ft modle and you will see what I'm saying as one with a bicycle generator on it is a great cell phone charger ! HAHAHHAHA
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« Reply #101 on: December 23, 2008, 06:14:34 am » |
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Bob,
It's called a Savonious Rotor. They have a great advantage over the normal bladed turbines in that they only need a very low wind to get them going. Much better torque at low wind speed. I have seen pictures of them being used in conjunction with prop turbines (vertical shaft) to get the prop up to speed. A bit like your gyro.
They do make for a handy system on a boat, but I understand you need a fairly deep keel to allow for the side pressure against the rotor.
It certainly is a good use of old oil drums.
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« Reply #102 on: December 23, 2008, 08:27:08 am » |
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that or a tri-maran which has a very wide stance <GRIN>
but depending on the hight of the thing it could be nasty in a strong gail wind heheheheh
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what ever their called they do work extreamily well I made one one time on a ford falcon front wheel spindle put a 72 tooth sprocket on the hub and bolted the cross member of the turbin to the lug bolts....
I welded a sprocket to a 6vdc generator's pully nut and hooked it up with a honda 90 drive chain.... it never spun.... because I did it in the summer time and there is hardly any wind there on the ranch.... but I took the generator off and left it sit and everyonce in a while I'ed notice it spinning... then one day a good wind storm came up and I thought OH yah! it will be a good time to re mount the generator on the thing.... I went up to where I had it bailing wired to a stump only to find it laying on the ground in a heap of twisted metal !
HAHAHHAHAHA....must'a been the big crash Mom hurd earlier ! HEHEHEHEHHE
....never messed with it after that ! it was #2 4ft x6ft pieces of alum sheet like flashing
...very thin stuff but enough to see if it would work... it did spin but not very well and I found out later why it didn't work very well.... I only left a foot gap between the 2 pieces and I did not cover the top and bottom so the air would be compressed into the choot
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...I still have the spindle, sprocket and generator.... lost the chain though !
HAHAHHHA that was back when I was 15 years old .... man that was a long time ago !
their was allot of writeing in the news paper about the Write brothers at the time if I remember right....... something about some crazy flying machine, but I didn't pay much attention to it !
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« Reply #103 on: December 24, 2008, 11:01:58 pm » |
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I can say after reading through the hardships in "fighting the computer" has got me thinking of converting mine to carburetor. I have a 350 vortec...love the power and acceleration but if I want to run a lot of hydroxy then I would sacrifice the computer controlled induction for a carburetor. Won't be hard to do since it's small block chevy It would be too bad to see that vortec induction system go...  If you are putting out a lot of H2 then a IMPCO propane valave would work instead of a carburator. Check them out here: http://www.propanecarbs.com/examples.html |
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« Reply #104 on: January 27, 2009, 02:55:09 pm » |
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I finally got my parts for my map adjuster(after a month). I'll put one together in the next couple of days and see how the old camry does then.
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