Additional Information on Rotameters

I go over the info I have on Rotameters and how to go about buying one if necessary. I also point out that they are not a cheap means of measuring gas where the existing water displacement method works just fine.

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The Finished Rotameter Project

I go over the finished Rotameter I intend to use to measure HHO gas production with. I also give a little demo of the thing in action when I blow air through it.





Works for me.

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Introducing the Rotameter

I went out on Ebay and acquired a Rotameter to measure my gas production with. While using pop bottles is a cheap way of doing so, I wanted to be able to monitor the gas flow more often to see if there is a distinct correlation between heat, current and gas production. Measuring once in a while with a bottle doesn't really do that, without making a mess of course.

The answer was the Rotameter. This one had too much capacity for the current projects, but I was able to get another tube with the capacity range I'm likely to see for now. Even with the second tube I paid less than retail for the whole rig.

Sweet!

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Receiving and Setting up a Scan Gauge II

I received a Scan Gauge II in the mail today and went about setting it up.





I had no difficulty setting it up. It pretty much didn't need anything but the actual gas tank size.

The ODBC port on a Ford Ranger is right under the steering wheel at the bottom of the dash.

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Product Review: Extech IR Thermometer

I found a nifty widget at Lowe's today in the Electrical department. It's called an Extech IR Thermometer. It reads the surface temperature of anything you point it at up to over 700 degrees Fahrenheit.



It was mine for 58 smackers and slugs. If only it cost half as much...

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Light Dimmer Switch as 12 Volt Reostat: Failure

I tried and tried, but just couldn't get the darn dimmer switch to work. Conclude for yourself in this video clip.



It just shows how much I have to learn about electronics. I can only assume that there's stuff in the switch that works at 120 volts AC, but won't work at 12 volts DC.

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