I appreciate it. Not to hijack the thread, but I'm afraid that it's going to be a very drawn out recovery. She's a workaholic in the house, homeschools all our children, keeps the place spotless at ALL times, doesn't eat right, puts everyone else above herself, doesn't understand what the word "rest" means... you kinda get the picture.
When the flu hit her before Christmas... this body-mandated rest has been a long time coming, and she's having a hard time letting go of things. Fortunately, I have wonderful kids in spite of myself, and the older ones are really pitching in and helping take care of things to a tremendous degree.
On top of this, my mother-in-law just showed up unexpectedly today from Miami to help out for a few days, which is a wonderful help in all respects. We all get along great and have a lot of fun together, and she's a cleanliness perfectionist herself as well. Hopefully, we can keep my wife down for a while and let her regain her strength.
Anyway... thanks for the well wishes.
It sounds like you have one heckuva family. I'll make sure to say a prayer for a speedy recover tonight.
I have a wife who's been extremely sick for over a month now, and just making sure the house and kids are taken care of so she can rest and fully recover is taking virtually all of my spare time right now.
All my best Pete, and much respect. What a great family you must have. Be sure to thank (insert your deity of choice here) at your earliest convenience. It is these few traits, like family chivalry, that TRUELY seperates the men from the boys.
A side note, this might be the most amazing hijacked thread ever. Love it.
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You guys are great! Thanks for the kindness of your thoughts and prayers. I know she'll recover, she just has to learn how to do it slowly. And on top of it all, I am many times grateful to God within every day for how blessed I am. I have virtually not a spare cent to my name, but I'm a rich man!!
As for the wrenchfest concept, it sounds really good and like a whole lot of fun. I wish I could do something like that, but I'll certainly support it as much as I can from where I am as things progress on this Generator concept. I'm hoping that by March I can start my own build concept, and will be happy to share what I learn and do with all.
Pete, I've been very busy with two grandsons over for the weekend and just noticed your "hijack".
I pray that your wife will take it easy for long enough to recover fully. Your kids are the greatest it sounds like and now your MIL is with you to help. Thank God you get along with her.
My wife is a neat freak too, I don't even get through the door without taking my shoes off and I love it that way. My house would be worst than a stable without her looking after it.
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Since you can't solder to stainless, you'll need a different means of connecting the wires. I'm thinking about using copper for the whole thing since it will pass current better than stainless.
You DEFINITELY DON'T want distilled. The idea is to have lots of minerals in there to help pass the current between the rods. Pure water is actually a good insulator -- it's the mineral content that causes it to pass current.
Silver solder containing 45% silver will work on stainless, this will work with copper or steel wire to the stainless rods.
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I don't trust that. I've had 3 work trucks (99 & up PSD) totalled and a half a dozen different wrecks in the last 8 years. (Other drivers not me. I apparently have a tendency to hire idiots ) I have not seen the fuel shut off activated yet.
This guy had to turn his engine off before he crawled out of the passenger door.
I know this is from way back in the thread but what happened here
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I know this is from way back in the thread but what happened here
A puddle of water, grooved pavement, and a poorly placed guardrail. He hydroplaned into a guardrail which tried to rip off the rear axle and then rolled the truck. Not a scratch on driver or passenger.
question on hydrogen generators. any news as to projects. has anyone used any kind of flow meter to tell how much the engine can use at various times.what would be best used amount for best performance. great work on problems but has everyone stopped.
An accurate flow measurement would be difficult to obtain because what you really want to know is the "mass" flow. A volumetric flowmeter is cheap and easy, but because of temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure variations, you can get wildly different mass flows of hydrogen and oxygen as ambient conditions vary from day to day, through the seasons, at different elevations, etc.
That said, I like the concept. What you're really trying to get to is something akin to an air:fuel ratio, or better stated, a hydrogenxygen:fuel ratio.
To my knowledge, not even the expensive purchased comercial systems have taken it to this level of control. I'm still wanting to take a similar approach by using some "standard, pre-existing electronic signal" (i.e., speedo, boost pressure, etc.) as the driving device for regulating voltage, therefore hydrogen production, as the engine load varies. Problem for me is that I don't know what kind of electronics parts will have to be pieced together in order to stage the voltage signal at varying input conditions from the main signal that represents engine load.
Now, THAT said, I have been covered up with family priorities, extra work demands at my job, etc., so i have not been able to progress beyond trying to find a few more resources that explain the electronics gap that I have to plug in my own mind. I know that I am probably overcomplicating the issue for myself, but that's just the way I'm wired.
thanks for the reply. I appreciate you taking time to answer. I have been following this thread and it sounds like one of my next projects. Being retired( long on free time, short on money) I am trying different upgrades on my old 92. Can you see any reason that it wouldn't work on a non-powerstroke. I love my truck (can't afford a newer one) so anything that makes it run better is the only way to go. Again thanks for the explanation.
This concept has been being used as a "gadget" on non-diesel cars and trucks for some time. It works... simple as that.
I seem to be gaining ground on my goals for electronics control of voltage (read as hydrogen production). It seems that what I am needing as part of my scheme is the use of a transistor circuit or two, or three. Now to just figure out how to configure the total circuitry package and see how much it would cost to build the thing and test it.
"This concept has been being used as a "gadget" on non-diesel cars and trucks for some time. It works... simple as that.
I seem to be gaining ground on my goals for electronics control of voltage (read as hydrogen production). It seems that what I am needing as part of my scheme is the use of a transistor circuit or two, or three. Now to just figure out how to configure the total circuitry package and see how much it would cost to build the thing and test it."
I await breathlessly for anyone who can figure this out. Especially the guy who bought one and stuck it on. I would love to know how that went. Or is going.
I looked at forums for gassers who tried this and they had a lot of problems regarding their oxygen sensors. The sensors read a lot of oxygen due to the generator, and siimply shoved more fuel in to get the right reading on the computer, so they LOST mileage as a result.
I also saw an article where a company makes a sensor "delete" something that screws into where the sensor goes, and then you plug your sensor into it.
On our trucks, I suppose we don't have to worry about that. However, it this works, I would love to put in on all my vehicles. All four of them!!! Those are the ones that run at this time.
Please keep us posted. Obviously, the auto manufacturers could ship cars and trucks with these units AND figure out the electrinic part, but looks like capable peeps will have to help out us little fellers.
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) I have not seen the fuel shut off activated yet.
xygen:fuel ratio.
