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Last year i discovered a system to run an engine on coal!Of course it was first realized by the French!
It was in a German museum a way to run cars on coal!Later i found a secondhand "gazogen" for sale price 1200€.I photographed it copied the plans and have now built my own!!
I would have stayed until until the weekend to watch a demonstration at the meuseum they explained it takes about an hour to get it running,unfortunately it was then we semi sank for the second time,last year not being one of our best.
By then i had a large electric pump which i had running when the Police arrived,someone on the pontoon had reported me as a "polluter" though id explained that tea bags are bio degradable he thought i was now cleaning my bilge!What an idea!
The police told me i would be fined!Asked for my papers & passport while they unplugged the pump!The boat slowly began sinking again ,i saw it was lunch time i pushed the evacuation pipe further overboard and well into the water,the police said "papers"!!
I waded below and changed the pump plug to the inverter the batteries would run it without worry, the pump silently running no water splashing,i took off my pullover and felt down for the bilge pump skin fitting and pushed in a wooden plug,the pump needed a larger hose than the fitting and i had used an old bit of hose to make the size until i fitted the new pump we now had.It kept the bilge and sole clean.when the water wasent muddy!
I looked at the time and at the capitanerie at last he and the secretary were leaving,i went into the cockpit,Stella was comeing back with our shopping.I introduced her to the police and told her she had given our papers to the capitanerie!!
In German i said i couldent find our papers becouse we have given them to the capitan and pointed to the building,just ask them for them.Off they went telling me not to leave the boat i took in our lines,as they went around the corner the engine going, and cast off the last line!
As we left the small port far to quickly the police came back shouting "Halt" some minutes later the police car was on the road beside us its siren going lights flashing the driver shouting and pointing!
I put my hand to my ear and shouted "i cant understand you your sirens so loud" they shouted again then without the siren shouted "halt" I shouted back i cant stop hear its forbidden and i cant turn thankfully they ran out of road,i waved good bye,and crossed my fingers
After what seemed a lifetime waiting for a police launch we left Germany!After putting a good distance between it and us we tied up checked the plug and went into the village to eat food we dident find but a jug of wine and some bread and meat.I was exhasted!
Stella then began shouting at me?Why hadent i changed the skin fitting why hadent i bought a proper pump why do i always leave doing things so late---Peww
Back in France between antifouling rigging or cleaning jobs she keeps arranging for me,to reduce my leval of povety so that i (she) can buy underware and shoes for me?Ive been building my own "gazogen" Its two small metal drums joined together with chimney flew and a car radiator(which may have to be changed?)
The coal goes into the first drum once lit the lid is tightly closed,the smoke is then drawn off and passed over the second drum which is full off old wine corks,which dries the "gas" this is then passed through the car radiator to cool it then by way of an old car turbo run with an electric car window winder motor fed to the engine!!
So far we have borrowed one of the village lawnmowers they leave hear,We added an off valve for the petrol,once running we cut the petrol supply and feed the coal gas to the engin direct.And it carries on running!!!!!
Soon we will be driveing it but first we have to put the "gazogen" on a trailor.
Soon mobos will be able to load a few hundredweight of coal into their cockpit and run on coal!!!Once the lawnmower trials are compleated we will be looking for a volenteer mobo!
It was in a German museum a way to run cars on coal!Later i found a secondhand "gazogen" for sale price 1200€.I photographed it copied the plans and have now built my own!!
I would have stayed until until the weekend to watch a demonstration at the meuseum they explained it takes about an hour to get it running,unfortunately it was then we semi sank for the second time,last year not being one of our best.
By then i had a large electric pump which i had running when the Police arrived,someone on the pontoon had reported me as a "polluter" though id explained that tea bags are bio degradable he thought i was now cleaning my bilge!What an idea!
The police told me i would be fined!Asked for my papers & passport while they unplugged the pump!The boat slowly began sinking again ,i saw it was lunch time i pushed the evacuation pipe further overboard and well into the water,the police said "papers"!!
I waded below and changed the pump plug to the inverter the batteries would run it without worry, the pump silently running no water splashing,i took off my pullover and felt down for the bilge pump skin fitting and pushed in a wooden plug,the pump needed a larger hose than the fitting and i had used an old bit of hose to make the size until i fitted the new pump we now had.It kept the bilge and sole clean.when the water wasent muddy!
I looked at the time and at the capitanerie at last he and the secretary were leaving,i went into the cockpit,Stella was comeing back with our shopping.I introduced her to the police and told her she had given our papers to the capitanerie!!
In German i said i couldent find our papers becouse we have given them to the capitan and pointed to the building,just ask them for them.Off they went telling me not to leave the boat i took in our lines,as they went around the corner the engine going, and cast off the last line!
As we left the small port far to quickly the police came back shouting "Halt" some minutes later the police car was on the road beside us its siren going lights flashing the driver shouting and pointing!
I put my hand to my ear and shouted "i cant understand you your sirens so loud" they shouted again then without the siren shouted "halt" I shouted back i cant stop hear its forbidden and i cant turn thankfully they ran out of road,i waved good bye,and crossed my fingers
After what seemed a lifetime waiting for a police launch we left Germany!After putting a good distance between it and us we tied up checked the plug and went into the village to eat food we dident find but a jug of wine and some bread and meat.I was exhasted!
Stella then began shouting at me?Why hadent i changed the skin fitting why hadent i bought a proper pump why do i always leave doing things so late---Peww
Back in France between antifouling rigging or cleaning jobs she keeps arranging for me,to reduce my leval of povety so that i (she) can buy underware and shoes for me?Ive been building my own "gazogen" Its two small metal drums joined together with chimney flew and a car radiator(which may have to be changed?)
The coal goes into the first drum once lit the lid is tightly closed,the smoke is then drawn off and passed over the second drum which is full off old wine corks,which dries the "gas" this is then passed through the car radiator to cool it then by way of an old car turbo run with an electric car window winder motor fed to the engine!!
So far we have borrowed one of the village lawnmowers they leave hear,We added an off valve for the petrol,once running we cut the petrol supply and feed the coal gas to the engin direct.And it carries on running!!!!!
Soon we will be driveing it but first we have to put the "gazogen" on a trailor.
Soon mobos will be able to load a few hundredweight of coal into their cockpit and run on coal!!!Once the lawnmower trials are compleated we will be looking for a volenteer mobo!
