Wood Gas Generator #18 (part 3 of 3)

The motor speed can be adjusted. But i think i figured out the problem. It has a bad ground fault switch. I have it working right now. But there is a shortage of wood pellets right now and i haven't ran it in a few weeks.

Well done, man. I haven't quite started on my gasifier yet, but I've learned lots watching your vids. Thanks for your contribution to us woodgas geeks.

It sounds like that engine is running too fast - maybe the generator is shutting its circuits off due to overspeed of the motor?? I imagine the generator needs a pretty constant RPM to maintain the 60Hz AC.

I built this for my hunting cabin and do p[lan to buy a battery cell pack. I also have a wind mill and soon will get some solar panels. The wood gas generator will used for an emergency back up. Yes I have thought of using it to heat the water at the hunting cabin. But first i am going to make a ram pump to get water to it. I still have alot of project to do and not enough time to do them all. But it is fun when i can work on them.

Awsome. Good Job. Now to put a box around it to soundproof it so it might set in the garage and produce power. Are you going to invest in a Battery Cell pack to charge? I am envious. Are you going to harness the heat to boil water or use on a hot water heater?

I use wood pellets and wood chips that are about 1 1/2" and smaller.

what is the maximun size of the wood chips that you gasifier can use

only if my girlfriend was half as supportive of my stupid tinkering projects...

Good work friend. Cheers to you and your family.