Building a Flow bench, was: Measuring air flow

[944Technologist]

The gas motor on the leaf blower has already melted down. I grabbed it just
to salvage the compressor. They  really do move a lot of air compared to
shop vacs and electric leaf blowers. It would be used indoors so I thought
the sound and air pollution would be better with a electric motor rather
than gas.

The Turbocharger is not that good idea in that they need higher rpm than a
1/2hp motor can give.

FR Wilk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg S Larson" <glarson69 at juno.com>
To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: Building a Flow bench, was: Measuring air flow


> Oh I was thinking you were putting it on an engine. Sorry. But wouldn't
> the gas work for a flow bench if you couldn't find a suitable motor?
>
> On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:39:08 -0800 Greg S Larson <glarson69 at juno.com>
> writes:
> > Why can't you use the gas engine on the leaf blower? Seems to me
> > like
> > that would work just fine - you already have the gas. That way you
> > would
> > have a drag on your alternator once the battery goes a little low.
> >
> > Thats a really good idea
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 03:17:24 -0800 "944Technologist"
> > <f_wilk at hotmail.com>
> > writes:
> > > I was looking at using a leaf blower. It has a dead gas engine but
> > it
> > > looks
> > > easy enough to convert it to electric. Or add an electric motor to
> >
> > > a
> > > 924Turbo Turbocharger that I have laying around.
> > >
> > > FR Wilk
> > >
> > > From: "Eric Aos" <eoa at spartek.com>
> > > > The furnace blower fan doesn't have enough vacuum (I tried one
> > > once). Get
> > > > the fans from http://www.grainger.com/ , you can order the same
> >
> > > ones that
> > > > are used in a shop vac.
> > >
> > >
> >
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