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Listeroid Engines / Re: Video of current setup
« on: December 31, 2018, 05:30:54 AM »
Probably depends on whether it has straight (flat) fan blades or shaped, one-directional) ones?
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Listeroid Engines / Re: Now for a bit of silliness, possibly purchasing a Chevy Volt....
« on: December 30, 2018, 06:36:28 AM »
Camry hybrid . . .
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Lister Based Generators / Re: Alrighty - WITH the link this time - the "LEGTROFLATER"
« on: December 19, 2018, 07:43:10 AM »
It's hard to see from photos but it might have a DC bit and a DC/AC bit & I wondered if they needed to be synchronized - hence the chain, maybe?
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Lister Based Generators / Alrighty - WITH the link this time - the "LEGTROFLATER"
« on: December 18, 2018, 04:21:34 PM »
https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1878284770
Here's one out of the box - check it out
I would guess some poor chap has bought this figuring it'll run his house "of grid" and then gotten disillusioned with the project maybe?
Check out the chain drive!
Someone has spent a chunk of time & money on this at some point - possibly around 1940 for the original build, then later with a stainless tank etc
It seems to have something called an (Admiralty Patented) Dial Slow Motion Quick Wave Changer
The area it comes from is one of NZ's remotest parts and I suspect this may have been a "state of the art" lighting plant and a big step forward from the kerosene lanterns for some family living several days' horseback travel from the nearest civilisation "back in the day"
Maybe the "LEGTROFLATER" Black & Decker bit was 220 VDC - an output of 2.75A - and the Dial Slow Motion thingie made AC?
Possibly more use in our Museum of Transport & Technology than in actual use; but what an interesting slice of history
Possibly a little over-priced
Here's one out of the box - check it out
I would guess some poor chap has bought this figuring it'll run his house "of grid" and then gotten disillusioned with the project maybe?
Check out the chain drive!
Someone has spent a chunk of time & money on this at some point - possibly around 1940 for the original build, then later with a stainless tank etc
It seems to have something called an (Admiralty Patented) Dial Slow Motion Quick Wave Changer
The area it comes from is one of NZ's remotest parts and I suspect this may have been a "state of the art" lighting plant and a big step forward from the kerosene lanterns for some family living several days' horseback travel from the nearest civilisation "back in the day"
Maybe the "LEGTROFLATER" Black & Decker bit was 220 VDC - an output of 2.75A - and the Dial Slow Motion thingie made AC?
Possibly more use in our Museum of Transport & Technology than in actual use; but what an interesting slice of history
Possibly a little over-priced
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Listeroid Engines / Re: Ashwamegh 25/2 : we are CLOSE now !
« on: December 16, 2018, 05:34:07 AM »
Hey SHIPCHIEF have you considered balancing those flywheels - there's a lot of info on here about that; and substantial improvements to be made I believe
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Things I want to Buy / Re: Good News 2018
« on: December 15, 2018, 07:45:33 PM »
Your efforts are appreciated, Ade, thanks. This odd forum seems to be much more than just a place to talk about engines
Good luck with the Immigration Turkeys - I suspect their wheels grind pretty slowly
Good luck with the Immigration Turkeys - I suspect their wheels grind pretty slowly
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Things I want to Buy / Re: Good News 2018
« on: December 14, 2018, 08:54:46 PM »the Adventures continue except the focus changes just a bit.
Yes indeedy. 2018 has been a bastard of a year but one of life's certainties is that some time in the future I will look back with fondness at some of 2018's events - don't know if that's good or bad? I think it's probably good
Good luck & best wishes to all of you - regardless of where we are on the journey
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Everything else / Re: NiFe battery experience
« on: December 11, 2018, 03:41:13 AM »
When they say 3000 L/Hr or 5000 L/Hr or whatever - you need to look at the performance curve for the pump. if you are pumping to, say, 50 metres elevation to run a little micro-hydro with the stored water - you might only get 10% of the performance or some such. "Research the curve numbers" is key. Cheers
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Other Slow Speed Diesels / Re: Identify this Bamford?
« on: December 09, 2018, 04:42:03 AM »
Good work there. I wonder what your compression is like? If it sat for a while some of those rings might be stuck in their grooves? Just a thought. Good luck
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General Discussion / Re: Power outages
« on: November 30, 2018, 05:06:36 PM »
Good luck Bob
FWIW my lady friend - she who can only start the easi-start Honda genset - has suffered a life of PTSD as a legacy of ugly childhood abuse stuff and physical damage associated with that
Years before we met, ACC doctors & conventional medicine had left her wheelchair-bound, very unwell, very overweight, and unable to cope with normal social interactions and many physical situations such as your traffic/confinement stuff. Drugs like Prednisone were slowly killing her
A few years ago she began to research her conditions and situation and to take charge of her own medical processes (after a long struggle to find both a doctor and a pharmacist who "got it")
These days she is fit and active, takes no meds apart from an evening dose of an antagonist, lives independently and enjoys her grandchildren
She is a very smart woman who used the power of her intelligence and the information available in books and the internet, plus her bloody-minded determination, to take back control from ACC (read insurance) doctors and regain her life
It's worth commenting that she did that un-supported, largely, with no $$ at all - just living on something like a sickness benefit from ACC, and in very poor circumstances. Mostly just "determination in action"
I guess I'm saying that "if she can then you can". Good luck
FWIW my lady friend - she who can only start the easi-start Honda genset - has suffered a life of PTSD as a legacy of ugly childhood abuse stuff and physical damage associated with that
Years before we met, ACC doctors & conventional medicine had left her wheelchair-bound, very unwell, very overweight, and unable to cope with normal social interactions and many physical situations such as your traffic/confinement stuff. Drugs like Prednisone were slowly killing her
A few years ago she began to research her conditions and situation and to take charge of her own medical processes (after a long struggle to find both a doctor and a pharmacist who "got it")
These days she is fit and active, takes no meds apart from an evening dose of an antagonist, lives independently and enjoys her grandchildren
She is a very smart woman who used the power of her intelligence and the information available in books and the internet, plus her bloody-minded determination, to take back control from ACC (read insurance) doctors and regain her life
It's worth commenting that she did that un-supported, largely, with no $$ at all - just living on something like a sickness benefit from ACC, and in very poor circumstances. Mostly just "determination in action"
I guess I'm saying that "if she can then you can". Good luck
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Things I want to Buy / Re: 5-8kw Gen Head Australia
« on: November 30, 2018, 04:39:41 PM »
Yes. Been hearing stories across the ditch of energy fragility over there. Greed and stupidity in action - like governments everywhere "captured by industry" sadly
Once upon a time electrical reticulation here was seen as a service that had to be provided by government for the good of citizens & development of the economy. Over about 70 years it has changed into a commodity that can be sold to those who can afford it, is out of reach of those who can't, and is generated and distributed by large companies whose first obligation is to make a double-figure return on investment to shareholders. Sad days
Once upon a time electrical reticulation here was seen as a service that had to be provided by government for the good of citizens & development of the economy. Over about 70 years it has changed into a commodity that can be sold to those who can afford it, is out of reach of those who can't, and is generated and distributed by large companies whose first obligation is to make a double-figure return on investment to shareholders. Sad days
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Things I want to Buy / Re: 5-8kw Gen Head Australia
« on: November 30, 2018, 09:19:57 AM »
Lots of units of similar capacity to this for sale on TradeMe here for, maybe, $3-4K. But they're too big to load and too thirsty to run. What would you do with one
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General Discussion / Re: Power outages
« on: November 29, 2018, 06:17:17 PM »
FWIW the generator guys that we deal with say they have never seen an actual alternator failure on the China gensets and were quite dismissive of the idea - "you never get an alternator failure - things like AVRs, yes, but never the windings" Probably not a lot of load on a 2-10kVA unit actual copper windings?
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General Discussion / Re: Power outages
« on: November 29, 2018, 07:36:47 AM »
Interesting comment about re-torquing things. I haven't made that observation
We have the Chinese motors in pumps & small gensets at work which we use pretty hard - issues are commonly limited to the odd AVR, replacement starter assemblies cos it's easier than pull-cords, and an annual oil-change
You're on the $$ re quality control and price point. After all, the Chinese make cars & high-speed rail and aircraft carriers etc. It's our own fault if we demand cheap and then get cheap
The downside is that our demand for cheap has driven suppliers of well-made, last-a-lifetime stuff into extinction. Look at the way an old 20-series John Deere or an old Ford 5000 is still running after 40 years as long as it's had a bit of maintenance. Or a proper Husqvarna or Jonsereds saw. Or a CS for that matter
We have the Chinese motors in pumps & small gensets at work which we use pretty hard - issues are commonly limited to the odd AVR, replacement starter assemblies cos it's easier than pull-cords, and an annual oil-change
You're on the $$ re quality control and price point. After all, the Chinese make cars & high-speed rail and aircraft carriers etc. It's our own fault if we demand cheap and then get cheap
The downside is that our demand for cheap has driven suppliers of well-made, last-a-lifetime stuff into extinction. Look at the way an old 20-series John Deere or an old Ford 5000 is still running after 40 years as long as it's had a bit of maintenance. Or a proper Husqvarna or Jonsereds saw. Or a CS for that matter