That's a nice little generator set Rob 👍👍👍 I'm quite sure all those engines you tried would be capable of driving the generator if they were supplied with enough steam pressure. Those little boilers are generally designed to produce about 15PSI, which is more than enough to turn the engines over. If you connected them to a boiler that could produce 20 to 30 PSI I'm sure they would drive it no problem. Cheers, Alan.
Hi Alan. Yes, I'm sure you're correct. I have thought about inserting an aluminium spacer into the round boiler with the bolted up join (small kit engine) to increase capacity. Not sure if it would act as a heat sink though ? Would be easy to do with some home cast ally. I might give it a go. I was surprised how well the cheap oscillator steam engine drove the genny. Cheers Rob
@@Xynudu Hi Rob. Increasing the capacity of a boiler will generally increase the run time you get from it. The pressure is more to do with how much heat you apply to the boiler. I suspect that the reason the little oscillator engine drove the generator ok is because the boiler has two burners. Obviously with a small boiler you have to be careful applying more heat as the small amount of water in them will be used up very quickly. Cheers, Alan.
Note: The generator output is DC current, so it must have a built in rectifier. Voltage will vary with rotation speed. Cheers Rob
looks great Rob
very good detail, thanks for sharing.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🚂🚂
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Really good unit. Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers Rob
Thank you so much!!!🥰
You’re welcome 😊
Beautifully made model. I'd give it a 10/10 as well. Very nice. Cheers Nobby
It's a honey. Amazingly bright. Cheers Rob
Great video. Beautiful generator
Thank you! It's probably the best example I've seen, not that I've seen a lot :) Cheers Rob
That's a nice little generator set Rob 👍👍👍 I'm quite sure all those engines you tried would be capable of driving the generator if they were supplied with enough steam pressure. Those little boilers are generally designed to produce about 15PSI, which is more than enough to turn the engines over. If you connected them to a boiler that could produce 20 to 30 PSI I'm sure they would drive it no problem. Cheers, Alan.
Hi Alan. Yes, I'm sure you're correct. I have thought about inserting an aluminium spacer into the round boiler with the bolted up join (small kit engine) to increase capacity. Not sure if it would act as a heat sink though ? Would be easy to do with some home cast ally. I might give it a go. I was surprised how well the cheap oscillator steam engine drove the genny. Cheers Rob
@@Xynudu Hi Rob. Increasing the capacity of a boiler will generally increase the run time you get from it. The pressure is more to do with how much heat you apply to the boiler. I suspect that the reason the little oscillator engine drove the generator ok is because the boiler has two burners. Obviously with a small boiler you have to be careful applying more heat as the small amount of water in them will be used up very quickly. Cheers, Alan.
Ver cool Rob 😎🍻
Yep. I thought so Bill. 👍