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Run results at Square Tail Brewing

07 Sunday Jun 2015

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Hi Folks,

Please let me express my thanks to all the people who came to visit us at Square Tail Brewing yesterday.  It was a great day.  I loved seeing all the astonished faces when the little generator started and ran with no fuel tank.  That was priceless.

There were roughly a dozen starts and stops yesterday which isn’t very good for machine cleanliness but the Gas Station performed like a champ.  I am past worrying about tar.  Now I worry more about soot fouling.  Here is the final condensate stage before the engine: condensate Getting the light correct was difficult to properly show the color of the water but to me it looked like dilute herbal tea.  It was definitely not black, sooty, or tarry.  All the water I got on my hands appeared perfectly clear.  This was something to write home about because it shows that I am extending the time between cleanings and maintenance.

Stephen

New Page – Solar PV Refrigerator Power Supply

17 Sunday May 2015

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Good Afternoon Readers,

I published a new page for you to check out.  Imagine you wanted to make a solar power supply to run a typical refrigerator.  The system should be able charge in a day and then run for four days of cloud cover.  That is the design exercise I go through on the new page.  Here is the link:

https://northernselfreliance.com/solar-power/solar-pv-refrigerator-ups/

Hopefully I will be able to build and verify this later this year.  Enjoy!

Stephen

Going to the Fair

17 Saturday Jan 2015

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Good Afternoon Readers,

I guess I didn’t upset too many people with my wood gas talk at the Common Ground Fair last year..  They asked me to come back. This year I have asked for time afterward to demonstrate the Gas Station.  For those of you who need to submit vacation requests early the dates will be Sep 25-27, 2015.

http://www.mofga.org/thefair

I specifically asked for all three days this year.  Mark your calendars!

Stephen

Newest Automixer Video

29 Monday Dec 2014

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Good Evening Readers,

The new automixer is coming along nicely:

I have a new Gas Station at my welder’s shop so once that is back I can give this a true engine test on wood.

Stephen

Starting a gasifier without grid power, compressed air, or gasoline

25 Saturday Oct 2014

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Hi Wood Gassers,
I have been entertaining my neighbors again.  Some people have asked me how I would start a gasifier without compressed air, grid power, or gasoline.  Here is my answer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wieZCMd5Bms
Four car batteries in series or two smaller solar panels in series(68V) would have worked much better.  The fan pressure/ejector suction increases more than linearly with voltage:
Stephen

Success!! – Cat tail ethanol works!

23 Wednesday Apr 2014

Posted by sabbadess in Ethanol, Uncategorized

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Ethanol, prepper, renewable energy

Good Morning Readers,

This morning I checked my cat tail ethanol mash with a refractometer and it showed 1.5-2% alcohol.  The details are on the bottom of the cat tail ethanol page:

https://northernselfreliance.com/ethanol-fuel/cat-tail-ethanol/

Stephen

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