Steam engine and boiler whistle alternator off grid American Steam
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- Опубліковано 4 кві 2016
- American Steam Ross Bendixen
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My email address is anacortessteam@gmail.com
Up for sale is my tenth fully machined and assembled mill steam engine from castings. Included: cross slide, flywheel, eccentric, piston and rings, and all moving parts for the engine. The bore is 3 inches with a 4-inch stroke. The overall length of the engine is 36", the width 20" and the height 23". One of the features of this engine is a flyball governor. The flywheel is 12" dia. The complete engine weighs 150 lbs. I estimate the hp at 3-4 depending on boiler pressure. The oiler and valves are included. It runs at 375 rpm wide open. Using the pulley you can step the rpm up to run a sawmill, dynamo or alternator.
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The table and steam hoses in the video are not part of the sale.
Can we just take some time to appreciate how he waited for us to turn down our volume for the whistle
you know for next time that these steamies are gonna blow their whistles at random moments
very nice of him!! i turned volume down too.
You mean like a moment of _silence?_
I'll show myself out.
@@artemiasalina1860 that is kinda funny.. lol
@@MrRasZee wich is most
I don't know how I got here, but suddenly I need one
Rob Bby a solar panel would be more useful and require almost maintenance unlike this 200+ yr old design
Same
@@austinbartose6527 yea but in ststtes with a winter and little soun this be nice to have
@@austinbartose6527 solar panel = 8 amp -- alternator = 120amp
If meteor strike?
rossco1948
You sir, are an artist. The thought that you built all that from scratch and then to see it chug along perfectly is almost enough to bring a tear to my eye. Absolutely gorgeous .My hat is off to you sir, you are the last of a dying breed. Fantastic craftsmanship.
I love this kind of stuff anyway, but thumbs-pU for giving us a "lower your volume" warning! A true gentleman...
That is a beautiful creation. I live off grid myself and have been interested in steam for quite some time, what a wonderful way to power practically anything.
Thanks for helping keep the history alive. Kids born today have no idea what a steam engine is, and I doubt it is considered relevant in today's education system. Without videos like this that a child might randomly come across, a future engineer might be lost. Thankyou sir.
@Nathaniel Aberdein the future seems to be going backwards. Technology that was invented many many years ago is being looked at more and more as the world tries to solve the energy crisis while trying not to destroy the earth. Sterling engines, flywheels and simple tech like using weights to spin a generator as they lower to the floor are being developed on a grand scale. Knowing how these old designs work and thinking outside the confining orthodox thinking boxes that modern education tries to entrap you into is what leads to new innovation and thinking. Liquid metal batteries, iron air batteries, and even dirt batteries are all wonderful ideas and viable solutions as long as people keep working hard to develop them without giving into the big tech who offer to buy their ideas so they can lock them away. The solution doesn't have to be super complex and expensive, it can be cheap.
Steam piston engines are extinct but steam is used for production of 80% worlds electricity
I’m one of those kids. Many times it’s not our fault. It’s our parents fault for not giving us any direction. Instead of teaching us boys mechanical wisdom, they give us PlayStations and fkn Nintendo. And my dad is a respected diesel mechanic!!!!! He only ever taught me basic auto maintenance. I was the one that joined the Navy, learned construction then used GI bill to study chemistry then took it upon myself to follow through with learning electricity. Only because my dad had the responsibility of having full custody of two boys (he was 27 after divorce) I exempt him from my criticism.
All in all I agree though with you Jeremy. It’s also never too late to learn to use that brain of ours!!!
@@johnsanchez8029 it all depends on perspective. The world follows a pretty basic pattern. It's repeated itself countless times. A poor parent works hard to provide a higher education to their child so that their child might not have to work as hard as they did. Then they make money the easy way and use that money to raise their kids. As a result, their kids don't have a clue what it means to work hard. If the parent works hard but never gets ahead due to bad decisions and life happening, then their children will actually be better prepared for the harsh realities of the world. They will work hard, make better decisions and be successful enough to provide a higher education for their kids..........
The cycle can be broken by making sure that no matter how successful you are, make sure your kids don't have it easy all the time.
"I doubt it is considered relevant in today's education system." It should be. Our modern electrical system are still largely running on steam and water turbines from damns and nuclear energy.
Glorious!
I always love a good governor as well - a pair of swinging balls always finishes off a steam engine nicely!
You gotta have your swinging balls mate...
@@koningbolo4700 😂
Balls to the Wall Bro!!
Incredible job, you took a lot of time and effort to build this. I love steam engines, I must built one! Thanks for posting!
Now, that's a real steam engine that looks and runs like a proper one should! Nice build Rossco1948! I'm intending on using some sort of steam engine to supplement off-grid power for my Tiny House on Wheels, but, don't want anything to do with a gas powered generator! That would be a dream come true to have something like that to help power my house!
7:35 Thank you for painting the little flywheel for us! Much appreciated, Sir. 👍
Beautiful work, especially on the boiler!-John in Texas
Very nice set up. Love the sound as it reminds me of the old stream trains I used to take from Oxford to Charlbury to go fishing on my days off back in late 1960s and early 70s.
that unit is absolutely lovely , only wish i could do something like that , thankyou for sharing with us
This is the engine that inspired me to build my engine....very beautiful...thank you.
Thanks for the warning about the volume I had my earbuds in and my volume was all the way up
Very impressive. Reminds me of my fascination with locomotives as a child.
What a fantastic project. Probably the best little steam engine I have ever seen
I’m sure you could sell as many as you could make no matter the price.
“Put me down for one!” 😀
What a great engine ! ! ! My favorite part was when he opened the fire-door and you could see that it was a regular kind of fire (nothing special). Now I think of "bigger-bigger better-better". lol
Thank you you’re one of the 1% of people that warn before the are about to blow someone’s ears out and you also have time to turn it down too. You sir are a saint.
Great job , nice video and really appreciated the work and the walk around ! Makes me want one for my off grid farm .
Wonderful engine and boiler. Wonderful landscaping too!
I think it's beautiful. Amazing work and great sound. Thank you for sharing with us. I see me having future conversations with you about building one.
That's so cool! I see lot of videos of these but it's great to see one where someone actually puts a load on it! I want to eventually live off grid and this would be something cool to setup to top up the batteries on cloudy days instead of relying on a generator and fossil fuel.
She doesn't show what it gives when loaded because it never gives a lot of power.
I am glad this popped up as a suggested video. This just made my day! Cheers!
One of the most interesting machines I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing.
Connect an inverter to the battery and you'll have AC, this is a great project. Btw, you can also use a sawdust-fired boiler, gotta get rid of all that sawdust. Sawdust stoves and steam engines are underrated technology.
Magnificent !!!! The sound alone is so seductive !!
WOW!!
What a beautiful engine!! :)
yes, we humans like shiny things
Nice. You can use a part of the waste steam for a blow pipe in the exhaust, in order to fuel the airstream for the fire.
The remaining part of the waste steam can be used to preheat the water which should be fed to the boiler.
The condensed steam can be also feeded to the boiler, avoidung too much carbon build up ....
I had this same idea but with water powered by solar panel to a pond pump to a jet point to move a bike wheel that moved an alternator...
I never got to getting it done before I moved back to the grid, but this right here is imagination and craftsmanship peak, and wow, you did it with the bells and literal whistle, pun intended...
Please send me your experience video
I like everything about this, the engineering, the simplicity of operation and the practicality. Very well done, sir!
Thank you very much!
Wow, We all traveled to 18th century with that beautiful horn sound, nice machine, certainly it can be used in many ways, we can use the wasted steam to cook, get distilled water, charging battery, keeping the room worm.
It is a 3 chime steam whistle.
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wonderful!! if you made this yourself then you can be proud! what a lovely contraption , and its 'alive' !
Good job building that, I'm a welder by trade and fully understand what goes into one like that, especially the engine, my first guess with you is your most likely an "mechanical engineer"
I just love it.. And you have my eternal gratitude for the volume warning :)
Very nice setup, I have a saying, " Low Voltage is Better than No Voltage".
Charge them up.
Great engine and boiler. Great work. Thank you for sharing
I love it. It's suitably chaotic and impressive
Very awesome! Imagine running a few alternators to power a garage or a shop. Would be cool. 😎
This Is possibly the neatest thing I have ever seen. 😮
Thank you for the volume warning. Pretty sweet.
Reminds me of the Docs ice cube maker in Back to the Future 3......Would be kind of cool to have your own mini powerplant. You got me thinking of using one of those british toy/model steam engines to make a cell phone charger for my desk LOL!
You never blew the Horne disappointed, superb steam engine never the less
That's a huge boiler! I just need something 1/10th as big. This is AWESOME though!
Admiring your craftmanship.
This is a fantastic little (but serious) rig. I gotta say and no offense intended, I love how you talk about this like there's a bunch of junior Casy Joneses at home who are going to be tweaking there micro steam engine gen sets😂 LOVE IT DUDE!
Neat bit of old technology there :)
Of course, look for the next guy to take that and depict the alternator powering a heating element to run the boiler and claiming "Free energy!"
I have to agree. That is a really pretty engine. Very steam age appropriate. Good luck.
A solar panel or two is looking pretty good from my Perspective! Nice job all the same, well done Jimmy
do the math on solar, you will pay more for the panels than what they can produce in 15 years of charging. i dont think anyone offers a warrenty on them longer than a few months
Thank you for the volume warning! Much appreciated
That's how I am gonna charge my phone from now...
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Remember to leave your phone battery next to the steam exhaust like in the video so the battery is extra hot and wet when you've finished charging the phone
So you'll have a wood powered phone!
lol, set one up in a walmart parking lot and charge away!
Get an inverter then charge your phone.
who needs a phone when you have a steam whistle?
That Sir, is a thing of beauty!!! Well done Sir, you should be proud.ty
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Nice engineering, great off grid heater and generator.
Next unit could have an oven and a hot plate:)
Watching frm New Zealand
Way cool. I always wondered how you added water to the boiler without losing pressure. Simple check valve & hand pump.
Lovely stuff, cuff, cuff, cuff, mate. Craftsmanship & multiple talents. Too few of your creative kind are left on the planet. Congratulations from Sydney AU.
One of this engine is being shipped to AU. next week.
Thank you for the volume warning! I love steam engines but I love that volume warning even more!
I enjoy how the exhaust is pointed at the battery :D
Love that i came across your channel, we have so much in common, we cover similar topics in our videos, thanks for sharing
Amazing little machine and a piece of history
I'm sure someone's said this before but you would get more efficient head pressures if you put an air-water seperator on it. Could also put a one way valve, a condensing core, and an accumulator, make for a good closed loop system.
thats a totaly cool setup i want to make one like that . they sell a 150 amp alt. in the racing catologs to one wire it would be a good addition to a solar panel if it gets cloudy im always thinking of a way to save on electrisity its way to exspencive !! great job buddy
really good invention, hope you could produce more of this on the market. a most reliable electricity generator.
I'm really glad to see a steam engine actually DO something. I see MANY engines just turning over. What is the use of an engine if it doesn't DO something? I consider all those beautiful engines out there that people build to be incomplete till there is some kind of use for the power--grinding wheat, powering a generator, pushing a wheeled vehicle (even a toy), etc. etc.
I like to just watch the engines tik over slowly, something beautiful about it.
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yes, I love it, even so . . .
Wow, wow wow wow wow. Amazing setup sir. LIKE button smashed.
The neighbors must love you...lol...excellent video my friend.
Good little set up. I have an old westinghouse/acme "high speed" engine, by piston size and RPM it calculates at 15 HP at 100 PSI. Then I built an Ofeldt water tube boiler to match. While the boiler design is for 600 PSI, I Put a 200 PSI relief valve on it, (even that may strain the old engine under load) and a soft plug that blows at about 700. Cold test pressure is 900. Setting it up on a 4x4 truck to chug around the woods and process firewood. Need to add generator and log splitter. It's almost ready to try out.
Love to see it running.
rossco1948 please let me know how small piston engine can provide 1hp
its funny engine and kinda cute :) ... i like it
What a lovely bit of engineering!
One advantage of steam engine is that they have a wide power range, the con is that they are a nuisance to operate.
Volume warning was so nice. Thank you.
Suddenly, I now understand how choo-choo trains work.
that is soo cool. makes off grid living a little easier.
Awesome stuff, lots of potential thanks for posting
There's only one word
This is awsome
É simplesmente inacreditável a genialidade dessa máquina. Um verdadeiro desafio para os engenheiros dos dias de hoje, acostumados a lidar com mecânicas mais simples. Há algo nesse intrínseco mecanismo que ao funcionar nós faz bem ao coração.
The genius of this machine is simply unbelievable. A real challenge for today's engineers, who are used to dealing with simpler mechanics. There is something about this intrinsic mechanism that works well for us
That is a beautiful setup!!!
If your field strength was fixed p(permanent magnets), speed will proportionally increase voltage, however, this alternator has a field regulator for voltage control, so it will always limit its output to 13.8 to 14.7VDC as long as the rotor speed is fast enough to meet power demands.
Wow, super sweet set-up!
Thanks!
Genius machine and beautifully designed
That’s a sweet sounding engine.
Now you can prank your neighbors they thought there is a steam locomotive coming to there house 🤣
Bosch Long Haul alternators are what you are looking for, they generate like 80 amps at idle and up to 165 amps. Trucks spend a lot of time in traffic and at idle so their batteries go undercharged.. hence the BLH is designed for this. I have one on my boat to charge up my 800 AH battery bank.
Do I see a pulley from a washing machine driving the alternator? 😄 great job man!
Generators of the past. Beautiful 😀
Beautiful little machine!
this is insanely cool... you could throw some fresnel lens heating element to boil the water
That's the plan, for me atleast :D
Skipped pointing out one of the most important pieces, that relief valve. So you don't inadvertently blow yourself up with the thing. Cool rig though.
Might be fun to run a compression & expansion pumping circuit off the steam engine, then you could make something cold with an engine that uses heat. Many would think it contradictory to build a good hot fire for making ice cubes. :)
I was wondering about this. If the relief valve is locked down or malfunctions, doesn't the boiler turn into what's essentially a steam-powered grenade?
Seems like it would be one of the _first_ things to show off.
a good boiler always has a soft plug serving as a second safety valve. It'll blow out below the bust pressure if the main relief ever sticks.
I do not know about this small boiler but I have a feeling that a plug is used primarily to warn a driver that there is not much water in a boiler. I may, however, be wrong so if you are knowledgeable about the subject, feel free to correct me.
@pauljs75: better yet, an adsorption cycle machine, it's way more effective than a compression-expansion cycle machine, without saying it's way more reliable (think about the indestructible ammonia fridges from the 30's) Some newer designs (eg: Yazaki) are based on a partial vacuum inside the system, which lowers the amount of heat required and renders them more effective at lower heating temperatures.
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I loved the sound of the whistle
one day we might revert to some steam engines again.They are fascinating to me
Bloody nice boiler mate
the fly weight governer...looks cool on the engine
The secret to this rig is to use a 'marine regulator' on your alternator so that it charges the battery at the full capacity of the alternator (say, 70 amps) quickly but without overcharging the battery. Without a special regulator, the alternator will only 'trickle charge' the battery so take far too long.
That is the best battery charger I've ever seen.
On the feed pump, where the check valve is remove it, place a pipe "T" there with a capped water fill port. On the suction end of the feed water hose place the check valve there. This will allow the boiler feed pump to be primed at all times.
I love that engine sound
I Love It 😀❤👍👍👍 You can do that with Sterling engine too!!
if not using an alternator to charge a battery, what kind of power output would a similar-sized setup make? I'm just learning about steam power.
thanks for showing your work! I love a modern adaptation of old technology
design like old train but you're amazing. two thumb up for you
Beautifull mashinery!
WOW!!! This thing is as neat as a shirt full of pockets hanging up when a wren finds it