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tannoyman

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Dump load
« on: January 08, 2006, 05:50:21 PM »
Found 4 glow/heater plugs from my old Ford Mondeo diesel car, and thought these might make a good dump load for a small wind generator.I Connected 1 to a 12 volt battery via a 5A meter (needle went off the scale) My idea is to drill and tap a piece of 3 inch steel pipe, fit the 4 glow plugs and a fan to force air through . I would like your comments good/bad, has anybody done this?


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Nando

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Re: Dump load
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2006, 10:54:53 AM »
Expensive idea
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Re: Dump load
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2006, 01:03:34 PM »
 Tannoyman,

    Those glow plug heaters won,t last long -- guessing, about 60 seconds or less and diesel engines usually have timers on them -- when those timers fail they usually burn up the glow plugs !!

Normal on, is about 10 seconds !!

    You of course, can test this yourself,and may get a little longer than I mentioned, but they won,t last long !!

    Northern tool has a 12 volt portable heater and look on Ebay, you can find 12 volt emersion heaters for around $28...

    I wish those glow plugs were more durable, I wind up replaceing a couple every year in my Ford diesel, and now keep a few in the glove box !!

   Good luck and happy building, Bill H.....

   
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