Will someone in the states tell me part numbers and reasonably priced suppliers for the filters needed to filter fryer oil? I'm looking at filters for a car...
Not that I know what I'm talking about, but I run my dodge 1991 pickup on veg, and have put about 20,000 miles on waste veg oil that I've filtered myself. I...
Hi Guys, I have been give a pair of nice 100w induction motors (coupled to 3 stage plastic beverage pumps). My biodiesel processor had an old strimmer motor ...
Hi Simon The Strimmer motor will have been a universal motor which will run on either AC or DC. To control an induction motor you will need to regulate the ...
... Hmmm, while I have sympathy for those well down the road - the need to replace lintels to stop the curtain walls falling down may have saved me from an...
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... yes, many of us in many parts of the world have found WVO to be basically gone at this point. thus have looked to the much more available and ubiquitious...
I see many alternators available that generate 240V at 3000rpm or there abouts. Then there are the ST's that generate at around 1500rpm. So question is, as the...
Only on Thursday I accidently fed a Petter AC1 its air filter foam seal at 3000 rpm, it coughed and carried on with no problems, so there may be hope for a...
I bought on of Sam Crosbys 6/1 listeroids and generator. I am in the process of building a small concrete block wall building to house this and a tarm wood/...
Carl, Leave yourself 2 to 3 feet all around the footprint of the generator. I suggest 8x8 foot shed. Nothing worse than not being able to work on a machine...
Hi Ken, And what about if one were to put it in a pit, bellow the floor, how much space would it need to do it's magic? I was envisioning a fixed lifting...
Hi Folks I have a listeroid 12/2 coupled to a 7.5 kva generator. Question I am about to re engineer the drive system to allow me to run at 325 rpm as this...
Dear Charlie If you slow the engine to 1/2 speed, you will get approximately 1/2 the power output. 7.5 kW is a bit on eh heavy side for a 12/2. At 325 RPM, you...
Morten, I think you would find that arangement very restricting. Very much like working on an engine in the bowells of a small boat. On my first installation...
... Hi Carl, I seem to remember in the CS manual that Lister recommend a clearance of three feet around the engine to allow access. I suppose it depends on how...
Hi Andy, Thanks for that, I did know about inverter control but didn't know it applied to induction motors. It was certainly weird it starting slowly and then...
Hi Ken I know that working on it the pit will be virtually impossible, but was thinking of installing a permanent engine hoist in the shed's roof structure and...
Hi Andy, The inverter you have is it a True Sine Wave inverter or a cheap Chinese knock-off with a horrible wave pattern? A 100W universal motor will run just...
Actually, that is not true. A 'Universal Motor' will run just fine on a MSW inverter, A PSW inverter and also on DC. Andy Mahoney www.HomeBrewPower.co.uk From:...
While it is true the motor will run fine on any of the inputs listed, if it is using an electronic speed control, the control will have problems with the MSW...
Don't worry about being bonkers. Some of the most intelligent people in history were considered bonkers.... When I was in Army National Guards, one of the...
You're right, but I think that it's the speed controller in front of the universal motor that get's confused and causes feed-back into the inverter drive...
Morten. Clearly the pit installation will involve some necessary lifting gear for every time you want to access the engine for major servicing. This seems ...
Or as I was taught in technical college, turn into a resistive heater! ;-) Andy Mahoney Home Brew Power (Sustainable Product Reviews & (Off-Grid Power...
... A parallel wound brushed motor would exhibit the same characteristics. It will run on both DC and AC also. A big difference between series and parallel...
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Hi Steve & List been busy "projecting" around the house and "work" so very little time to post. Just got my hands on an "oid" 10-1 with a 10kw gen head (I ...
Robert, Before going off-grid, you have to understand and rationalise your electricity usage. Identify the large loads, the times of usage and how essential...
... Look for the APC Smart UPS from the XL series if you can get them. They are the same, but have an extra connector on the back for external batteries, and...
Hi Tim, Very informative post thanks. All the Best Tim from Tang It is never too late to have a happy childhood. "Everything you can Imagine is real" Pablo...
Ken (as usual) makes really good points. I currently run my household off a tiny solar system, and while I can run small appliances and clothes washers and...
