Gene, How long were you in the room with the motor running before you left? I'm curious how long you can leave one of these things running. Eric Keller Boalsburg, Pennsylvania
On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 10:34 AM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > Greetings all; > > Leaving it run at 4g's overnight wasn't quite the result I expected. > > Going out to check on it and work on the BS-1 project, I could feel the > heat on my face from 3 feet away, but it was still humming along at > 4g's. No smoke. But the hoses on top of the motor were melted, for > about 3" away from the spigots on the motor. And the tank had lost 3 of > its 4 gallons of water with no sign of where it went, nothing wet so it > either came out as steam, or it melted the hoses quite early and its had > time to dry. Shut it down. Tank is cold. Pump lost prime for lack of > water at the intake. > > I think I can say that experiment was a failure. But the motor still runs > whisper quiet. And it looks like I need to get another big coil of hose, > or figure out how to pull at least 6" thru the cable chain to reach the > motor with "good" hose again. Plenty of spare at the tank end of the > run. Sigh... It, and the motor mounts, will have to await the arrival > of the better motor. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
