Alright gerry i will see you sunday anythgin i can bring sockets wrenches BEER?
-Mike

Gerry, thanks for the stainless, mike how u-doin ? ken where u-@ ? we all need some fuel system up-dates/all that H2-O must be goin to the brain ! :eek:

QUOTE=1CE;2479749]Gerry, thanks for the stainless, mike how u-doin ? ken where u-@ ? we all need some fuel system up-dates/all that H2-O must be goin to the brain ! :eek:[/QUOTE]


Old man Winter wont let go.

Really have got nothing done all month.

In the quest for alternative fuels to run these Turbines on.

I have been doing alot of research on The differences on
Jet A, Kerosene, Deisel, Home heating oil and such.

In the refinery process Jet a and Kerosene are the same.
However Jet a has a lite oil additive. The fuel system in the
T53 requires such oil over long term use.
Keorosene by itself has much less lubricating properties.

Deisel and home heating oil are also the same.
However Deisel you buy at the pump for your powerstroke
or cummings has anti gel properties most likely a cut
or mix with Keorosene.
Also the fuels have different taxes on them.
The refinery ads a red dye which distinguishes it from over the road deisel and home heating oil.
There are also low sulfur content deisel at the pumps
which burns cleaner in the comercial deisel trucks aswell.

Deisel and home heating oil actual produce more BTU,s
per unit compared to its lighter partners Kero, Jet-A.

When your local Turbine Builder tells you...If you want to run the heavier oils (Deisel, Home heating oil.) He tells you to mix 25% gasoline. Reason for this is he is lightening the viscosity and also alowing for a cleaner burn.

Now Here I go off to Geek ville for a second!!

The actual molecule of Kero. and Jet A contains 12 carbon
atoms.

The molecule of deisel and Home heating oil contains 16 carbon atoms.

By adding or cutting the heavier fuels it brings it closer to what the original T53 was designed to run at.

Well thats all I got to say bout that!

So are you just going to run Jet A and be done with it? Is that stuff hard to purchase??

Actualy I,m going with home heating oil and cut it with eithier
Gas or Kerosene.

What % are you thinking?

Thinking 75% home heating oil 25% Gas or Kero.

Gas is even lighter then kero and Jet A.

I have straight Diesel in her now.

Lets face it if she runs on Home heating oil its the way to go.


Dennis did you get a chance to find out what that second
filter was?

Gerry will you be there sat. Like to come up and see it
-MIke

Weather permitting We will be there.

Hopefully if this rain breaks today I,m going to start the
Fresh water rinse setup.

I am also going to wire up the chip detectors.
They are little sending units that the Turbines have that
go to continiuty when they detect metal. These will illuminate
dash Mounted lites indicating metal in the oil.
Hopefully they will remain off.


Another option I am going to add is to run a indicator
lite in parrell with the 24 volt start contactors.
This will be lit up when the start contactor is energized.
This tells me the contactor is on (spooling the starter).
In the event of a contactor sticking I will have indication.

K gerry i looked at the forcast looks pretty decent all weekend
-Mike