the other major flaw is the solenoid is designed to operate on dc or ac, so it will saturate or stay on at about 40hz or 2400 rpm, from my testing. using these solenoids the best you can ever obtain is 1bout 1800 rpms. since the generator you are hooked up to is a syncronous one it will only produce electricity at 3600 rpms,, nice try but epic fail . need a better design of solenoid
check out Pacheman67 he got 2 bike tires flying on his steam engine made from a weed wacker motor at only 30 psi using a simple method of a pushrod inside of the coupler cant get any more simple than that. check it out it. might be what you need
Perhaps, but that defeats the purpose of trying to simplify the engine. Also, more ports, longer ports decrease efficiency, because it is non-expansive/non-working space. The best would be to devise larger valves on the same principle as a standard solenoid. Check out the Bash valve principle. I have spent a lot of time on these too. Bash valves need a lot of careful design and some tricks to work at lower pressures.
Absolutely, it would be like trying to drive a spike with a kitchen drawer hammer. And yes the bore is too small. I have to see things for myself even though I know what's going to happen. I just wanted to know if solenoids could keep up. Seems like a solenoid like this could activate a larger valve somehow. I am only pursuing the work with the three cylinder uni-flow, simple and proven, very simple proprietary valves in the new design.
at last, someone agrees with me that the 2 stroke converted engine are useless. Great video. I used your website to convert a briggs 2 hp. It works great, lots of power.
the other major flaw is the solenoid is designed to operate on dc or ac, so it will saturate or stay on at about 40hz or 2400 rpm, from my testing. using these solenoids the best you can ever obtain is 1bout 1800 rpms. since the generator you are hooked up to is a syncronous one it will only produce electricity at 3600 rpms,, nice try but epic fail . need a better design of solenoid
1madcap 2 months ago
Is this a generator from Harbor Freight?
1foxtrot70 1 year ago
Your making it harder than it is, all you need to do is close the inlet and start at top dead center. Try it you could have just blown your money
douglasdp9 1 year ago
check out Pacheman67 he got 2 bike tires flying on his steam engine made from a weed wacker motor at only 30 psi using a simple method of a pushrod inside of the coupler cant get any more simple than that. check it out it. might be what you need
coopkabob 2 years ago
How about multiple valves in parallel?
More flow and smaller valves could operate faster.
drwhitc 2 years ago
Perhaps, but that defeats the purpose of trying to simplify the engine. Also, more ports, longer ports decrease efficiency, because it is non-expansive/non-working space. The best would be to devise larger valves on the same principle as a standard solenoid. Check out the Bash valve principle. I have spent a lot of time on these too. Bash valves need a lot of careful design and some tricks to work at lower pressures.
LynxSteam 2 years ago
good idea using a Asco valve but the stroke is too short to take advantage of the steam and the bore is too small to make up for low pressure.
drwhitc 2 years ago
Absolutely, it would be like trying to drive a spike with a kitchen drawer hammer. And yes the bore is too small. I have to see things for myself even though I know what's going to happen. I just wanted to know if solenoids could keep up. Seems like a solenoid like this could activate a larger valve somehow. I am only pursuing the work with the three cylinder uni-flow, simple and proven, very simple proprietary valves in the new design.
LynxSteam 2 years ago
at last, someone agrees with me that the 2 stroke converted engine are useless. Great video. I used your website to convert a briggs 2 hp. It works great, lots of power.
rangerssteamtoys 2 years ago