Hey, guys, I'm glad you like this page, thanks so much for saying so. >keith, let me add my name to those appalding your >new (SVO) page, you again have done a splendid job. >i of course include the woman behind all successfull >men , your wife.
Successful, well, I guess that remains to be seen, but you're quite quite right about Ms Midori. No Midori no Journey to Forever, simple as that, and not much Keith either, I suspect. Midori made our website. Actually she also started this list - she was the original Biofuels list owner, then she handed it over to me so she could work on our Japanese site and a bunch of other things. We're behind each other, so to speak. >thank you again for your time in this >subject that is so important to all of us who enjoy >your site and the biofuels list. Well, then it's worth it! Thankyou, Roger. > kindest regards, roger kurz > > Hey Keith, > > > > Great update. I think that the command-center module is the best promising > > idea I've seen so far so I went out to the Biocar.com site to check it out. > > What a confused bunch of pages when converted to English. While they may be > > good at designing and building a bio-diesel computerized metering device, > > they fail miserably at delivering it to the public in a well >defined format. Yes, messy, but I wouldn't judge them from that. I'm not sure if it's as messy in German, and not all of it's translated. This isn't translated, for one, and I get the idea it's worth a read (pdf): http://www.biocar.de/download/index.htm Homepage BioCar Thesis (diploma): "Suitability of ... old fats for the operation of a diesel engine" > > I would never send these guys money based on what I've "read" at the web > > site. Maybe they are doing great in Germany, but the market is wide open > > here in the States. > > > > I have hopes that a US designer/engineer will take up the cause and develop > > a similar device that can be sold at a reasonable price. My wife, which I > > feel represents a lot of green thinkers, says she does not want to be > > bothered with cutting on and off various switches and monitoring > > dials/gauges when driving. Fair enough. However, she likes the >idea of using > > wvo/svo in a diesel. So the "command center module" is very appealing but > > would have to be completely automatic for main stream users to have it in > > their autos. > > Well, there's still going to be some processing of the oil, especially of wvo, maybe of svo too. But indeed, not while she's driving! There are some other approaches. The Skeppsta Maskin kit sold by TŠbyPressen in Sweden has an automatic switching system, but this kit seems to require a lot of electric power (for glowplugs, not for the switch): "When the diesel-engine get warm. then it automatic ( thermostat and relay) put on the electric -valve to turn on to Straight Vegetable Oil... When you have work end of the day, you turns off the engine. The engine stop, and Automatic the electric-valve turn on to diesel-oil about 30 sec and the rape-oil in the injection-pump change to diesel-oil by electric pump and a timer. It is a very short way between the valve and the injection-pump.Then all shut off." http://www.oilpress.com/drive_your_diesel.htm That should be a lot easier than a chip. Personally I'd keep it simple, switch and a temp gauge maybe, I'm sure you'd soon get used to it. Or you could do the Elsbett thing and convert the motor, not just the fuel system. No WVO though. Regards Keith > > I can do the mechanical/electrical end of the installation, but designing a > > chip, well, that's another matter. Any software/hardware designers out > > there? > > > > Cheers! > > > > Jess > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Jesse Parris | studio53 | graphics / web design | > > stamford, ct ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Stock for $4. No Minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/BgmYkB/VovDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
