Joule Thief 101

[picowatt]

The more efficient your ICE is,the less emissions you have.

That statement is for the most part not true.  Particularly with regard to NOx  emissions. 

Very often efficiency and emission reduction are at complete odds with each other.

PW

[picowatt]

@picowatt

I understand very well the present beliefs. This explanation has been used so many times but under any logic base it does not correlate. It is very common and normal since you guys do not have any higher level of logic to base it on so of course this is all you have to go by. I respect that and appreciate you bringing it forth so it does not come from me. But deep down, you cannot really expect that hot current is coming in from every half cycle via the ground and neutral.

Throughout most of the USA it does not.  The neutral is a separate wire all the way back to the pole transformer.  The Earth is not used as a current conductor. 

However, in countries that use SWER, AC current does actually flow thru the Earth, and does indeed reverse every half cycle.  It is very easily measured with common instruments. 

Turn your car's headlights on.  Attach one side of your cars battery to Earth.  Did anything change?  Did that prove anything?  The AC distribution system used in the US is no different, it just happens to be connected to Earth. 

Perhaps you should consider that it is your logic that is flawed...

PW

[Pirate88179]

Throughout most of the USA it does not.  The neutral is a separate wire all the way back to the pole transformer.  The Earth is not used as a current conductor. 

However, in countries that use SWER, AC current does actually flow thru the Earth, and does indeed reverse every half cycle.  It is very easily measured with common instruments. 

Turn your car's headlights on.  Attach one side of your cars battery to Earth.  Did anything change?  Did that prove anything?  The AC distribution system used in the US is no different, it just happens to be connected to Earth. 

Perhaps you should consider that it is your logic that is flawed...

PW

Here in the USA the neutral wires and ground wires of home wiring are all tied to the same bus inside the breaker box.  So, effectively, they are wired together.

Bill

[Pirate88179]

Nope. Mine was a slide valve setup--one rod,and two gears--thats it.
You make the slide and seats from the same material that the valves and seats are made from.
The counter weight fitted to the drive gear is the same weight as the slide rail,and so maintains balance.

The more efficient your ICE is,the less emissions you have.
Take a more efficient valve train(such as mine),where it takes less energy to drive the valve train it self. That means less fuel used for the same amount of mechanical power going to the wheels.
Less fuel= less emissions to do the same job.

They may be improving in emissions output,but they are not to interested in efficiency--there all in cohorts with big oil,and regulated by the government.
I seen it happen first hand here in Western Australia with Ralphs orbital engine.Designed and built just 160km up the road from me. This ICE was 50% smaller than any other ICE for the same power output,and 35-50% more efficient. Ralphs biggest mistake was taking on BHP as a partner,who finally got Ralph to sell up to them,and then BHP shelved the project

Ralph is now into large realestate deals,and worth over 700 million.
He also still makes great amounts of cash from his fuel injection systems that are fitted to most 2 stroke outboard motors today.

Any car maker that waffles on about how fuel efficient there cars are--are full of shit.
Guys in there back yard workshops were killing todays fuel efficiency 50 years ago.

It's all about money,and there all filling each others pockets--not ours.


Brad

My argument against all of these expensive "hybrid" cars is that they are bragging about getting only 40 mpg.  Of course, you have to replace a $5,000 battery every 3 or 4 years which they never factor in.

Well, 3 of my friends owned 1980 Volkswagen Diesel Rabbits which easily got over 55 mpg.  That was back in 1980 and no need for fancy battery exchanges or expensive super high tech components.  Then, I learned that VW now makes newer versions of these that get over 70 mpg but, they are not allowed to be imported to the US.  Total Crap that they do this shit and we let them.

Bill

[picowatt]

Here in the USA the neutral wires and ground wires of home wiring are all tied to the same bus inside the breaker box.  So, effectively, they are wired together.

Bill

Just as I have stated several times.  However, the neutral returns to the transformer center tap via a dedicated wire, not thru the Earth. 

SWER systems in other countries (and parts of Alaska) do use the Earth as a current carrying conductor.

Neither system disproves the existence of electrons...

PW