QuoteNightlife

That sounds like the " normal " way to trigger  an  ignition coil


gary

Gary, you are exactly right. Now what kind of ignition coil operates off 110?

The best thing I can think of is a oil furnace igniter coil. 

Quote from: nightlife on July 03, 2008, 03:48:06 AM


Gary, you are exactly right. Now what kind of ignition coil operates off 110?

The best thing I can think of is a oil furnace igniter coil. 

Nightlife

Are you sure it is 110 V  ?

As far as I know an oil  furnice  coil is  just a transformer .......it is very similar to  a neon  sign  transformer . 


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I  just went back and watched the  videos  again
I didn't   try to  trace the wires

I did notice  something I missed before
The  first time I watched video1   I noticed  that the first thing you see   is a close up  of the  place to connect  the  place to connect the  fuel line  ......... I had thought  that  he  was connecting  the  hose  there .

In  the  2nd  video he removes the   float bowl .......and  holds it in  front of the camera for a second . 

I didn't  realise before that he was just   running water  into the intake .
He  is clearly  " flooding " the engine
I am pretty  sure that you  won't  get ANY  gas engine  to run that  steady by  doing that  that  .      IF you can get it to run that way at all .

The gas air  mixture has to be  fairly close  .......... with this process I think   all you really need  enough  water .
I  am thinking   that the times   in  video 1 where he  rotated  the  engine  by had was  to clear partial hydro lock

Now I am  thinking that the way  to  control  the  engine power is to vary   the  low voltage .


gary

Makes fascinating reading guys, using the strobe light makes for an easy way to replicate.

I was thinking what would be the simplest engine to try this in?, could a model steam engine be used or adapted?

Hi Luc & @

so if we run the exhaust into the intake as a closed loop on an engine.Then water could ignite at spark plug ,will it reform to water ready to burn again?
Hope so

pc

resonanceman,

QuoteAre you sure it is 110 V  ?

As far as I know an oil  furnace  coil is  just a transformer .......it is very similar to  a neon  sign  transformer .

I didn't say 110 v, I said 110 referring to the outlet. We cant really tell what volts or amps are actually being used but we can probably assume it is putting out 120V at about 30amps. Not that the wires are consuming that much. We would need to see a volt meter and a amp meter attached to know for sure.

As for the oil furnace coil just being a transformer, that maybe true but it is pulsed and it does put out a lot hotter spark, especially in a salamander heater.
Actually, I am thinking of the salamander more so then the furnace. I use salamanders in the winter and I have had to take them apart and change the plug. I just happen to have one I can take apart and see what it uses to create the spark. I assumed a coil due to the coil wire. Then again, my assumptions have been way off before and they may be once again.