tone, on your modyfied diesel motors with spark plug ignition, how much ignition advance you set?
i must collect informations for the pasquali …
the original diesel injectors have a conical seat?
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Has anyone studied this gasifier from Mr Teslonian?
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I’ve seen the video a few times, but I find the design dubious.
Might run okay on charcoal, maybe. Even a bad gasifier can make engine running gas, until you glue the valves.
It looks like someone saw a Mother Earth News gasifier and only built one from seeing snippets without knowing the whole deal.
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He tried to get it working but it produced tar and it ruined the trucks engine. He no longer is driving it. A good example of someone not knowing the other 75 % of running a gasifier that he built. I have not even seen that truck running on gasoline for a long time.
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Oh this guy… l get the shivers whenever l see his name mentioned…
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That is the premise behind his whole channel. 
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Giorgio, with Fergi, I have the option of setting the pre-ignition in a wide range, well, it is set approx. 15-20° before the top dead position. I tried different settings, but this one works best. The engine still has a fairly high compression ratio and does not need a large pre-ignition. With the Jenbacher engine, I will prepare the pre-ignition setting range from approx. 30 to 5° before the top dead position.
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tone, my son has the idea, instead to application of a magnet on the big flywheel by making a hole or grove and special glue…
to adapt a little flywheel and coil from a old consumed chainsaw or simil little motors on the main motor beam-axle somewhere…
can be easier, and the coil is mounted in a moveable way for ignition setting…
would there be problems with coil power, because from a little engine…maybee?
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Hi Tone,
I am wondering if you could run pure charcoal in your basket gasifier to run smaller ( 200 cc ) engines and if it would be basically a downdraft? I have barrels of char made but may be a bit damp with the humidity here. Would the pulses of a single cylinder cause problems with this unit?
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I installed an asynchronous motor that works as a generator, I used capacitors 3x137 microfarads, connected in a star, the motor is 15kW
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I’m glad you got it to work!! Is that grinder 3-phase too?
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You appear to being getting more grey in the fuzzy areas Tone. Working 24 hours a day, which you must be doing to accomplish all these projects, takes it’s toll after a while. That’s OK. Makes you look wise and distinguished. 
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That’s fantastic, Tone. Are there no problems at variable loads with a fixed capacitance? Or did you add some extra gizmos you didn’t tell us about?What kind of governor does an engine like that have?
I used only 3×30 uF for my 11.5kW asyncronius motor and I could use about half its power before it slipped electrically. Are there no downsides upgrading the capacitance?
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I owe you an apology because I wrote that the engine power is 15 kW, in fact it is 15 hp, which is equal to 11 kW.
JO , there are no secrets, the fixed capacitance works well, well, the voltage drops a bit under load, but it’s not particularly annoying. I have already written this, but I will say it again, it is best to use an electric motor with high revolutions (2900 rpm), because it needs a less strong magnetic field inside due to the high speed of the rotor, so 3x100 microfarad capacitors are suitable for a 10kW motor. Here I used 3x137 because I had it on hand, the voltage reaches 230V even at 40-45 Hz without load.
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Unfortunately, mine is 6-pole 900-something rpm. I guess that would mean even more capacitance needed.
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Tom , in the music thread I added a link to a song for you , …, When You Get Old .
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Tone, thanks. You got your Jenbach running !
Are the capacitors a special type? Not for starting type? I love it. Somewhere else someone recommented heavy duty? Dont know where to buy them.
Sean, grinder is 1 phase 230 V, probably, but you never know with Tone.
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This picture will say it all,… Makita friction cutter is a single-phase 2kW, if you ever try such a three-phase generator, you will be surprised by the output power of a single-phase load.
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You may still remember the publication of this sketch…
otherwise, it will be slightly changed, with a wider area below and a rotating disk
My friend started building a gasifier….
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Some thoughts on a good wood gasifier… Two years have passed since I have been an almost daily user of the best fuel - wood. What can I say, the conversion process is quite simple, if you follow the basic principles, which are the concentration of temperature in the hot zone, a compromise between draining excess water through condensation and maintaining the temperature for drying in the storage tank,…
The diameter of the hot zone greatly conditions operation in low loads, as it is then difficult to maintain glowing coals in a wide area, which is necessary for high loads. A narrower hot zone also radiates less upwards, which enables better drying of the wood,… A working machine such as a tractor or generator can operate for a long time with a low load, and the gasifier must adapt to this, but you may again need high power for a long time, which again must be followed . …
As you can see, lately I have been using the main tool a little in the construction of the gasifier, the “thinking chair”, but there are no new products. 
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