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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] enquiry - Surface Propulsion
Hi Again, If anyone is interested in hydrogen peroxide here is a really cool site, this individual sells H2O2 distillation equipment.
http://www.tecaeromex.com/ingles/indexi.html I consider H2O2 the common mans equivalent to nuclear power!
Brian Cox
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael B Holt" <tlohm@juno.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] enquiry - Surface Propulsion
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 08:40:15 -0500 David Buchner writes:
> >
> > Everything Ray said about not using a gasoline engine makes
> >sense (I
> >wouldn't trust myself to not get blowed up messing with that). But
> >it's
> >a shame, because it would be so handy. For instance, going
> >all-electric, with a generator to run during surface cruising so you
> >don't run down your batteries? Do they make small *diesel* portable
> >generators? One you could lift out topside and start up?
>
> I've wondered about that. I think I once saw a diesel generator:
> it was huge. Just too big for what we have in mind, but it was
> portable.
>
> > What would it take to make a gasoline *outboard* run after being
>
> >submerged? Is there any feasible way of fitting all its openings (air
> >intake, fuel cap, exhaust port, am I missing some?) with valves? And
> >sealing up all the electric parts with a thick coating of some kind of
> >glurp? Is this just a hopeless fantasy?
>
> I would think one of the old 2-cycle outboards would accept this
> treatment easily. Ever used a British Seagull? They can be dunked
> underwater for hours, then a couple of pulls cleans the water out
> and away it goes.
>
> I'd thought of putting a tiny gasoline engine in a compartment of its
> own,
> with the generator. That seems simple enough, and with a minimum of
> care it wouldn't mess up anyone's day.
>
> I have the Gast airmotor handbook, from an old project to do something
> quite different. Someone had told me that gasoline engines were just
> controlled expansion of gas, so I cast about for a way to do that without
> explosive stuff. I found hydrogen peroxide! The project was ended at
> that point.
>
> Solar cells? When I was working at the local electric utility, we
> played
> with these for a bit. Mostly to see what they could for control systems
> at substations ... they just don't give enough power to do much beyond
> drive small computer systems (low volts, low amps).
>
>
>
>
> Mike Holt
>
>
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