resistor found

91 F outside and I am making a fuel heater. A large 5w resistor from my burnt mig welders little pcb turned out to be a nice hot one on 12v. too hot by itself, I reamed the end you seein photo just to get the square ceramic box resistor inside the old mig welders tip. all copper, resistor electricaly sealed on its own..very nice transfer of heat. this passes the electrical tape test, and will always be cooler because of frigid compression on the fuel line..even today…at 92F outside and an odd X-flare storm, that line is darn cool. This will get it where I want it. The length of it allows me to move up or down the fuel line, about a foot of straight line right outside the carb, to adjust. Sealed with high temp copper exhaust silicone by permatex. for the connection, soldered leads and heatshrunk. this passed that test as well. solders did not melt.
4.4 ohm. on a 9.6v power supply, the output was 5.6v. I do not know what twelve is going to do, and do not need to care. it may be more gentle, may not. will test soon enough.
kinda like winter outside. too cold and one stays in...too hot and it is the same. will wait for sealant to dry and plug this right in. it is a hot one. maybe wrap it again in soft aluminum, and use a clamp, no taping.
530. installed this, clamped with a thin clamp, it did get a bit warmer than the 9.6v power. Carb stays cold, but line did accept heat. This is very noticable in the winter. Driving for some time with the heater the carb seems to clean up something. A smell of road kill for a minute or two, like the last time, only it was the dead of winter -the same thing. Something does puddle up in the carbs. heavy settle, light moves. Agitating it like injectors nearly boiling fuel before it gets to a cylinder does work. cough dwindles to hardly bothersome. This fuel heater is hotter than that first version, and proves to need it. will wrap it once more to avoid getting burnt fingers.
830. got a little ride in..seems jumpier than ever. wrapped in a coffee can then electrical taped, a clamp keeping pressure for heat transfer, over the can keeping it more sealed to the line. it absorbs all of it, does not even get luke warm. Very very hot little heater I made there. I even doubted the wires I used...but its hanging in there. increased fuel pressure may be the cuplrit..I have it passive through a .030 restriction back to tank. This was jumpy after first line heater, and it went to very nice eventually. Don't know what I did. I'll let this go. most likely moving some crap around. pulling back in the idle was a tad stronger, I mean a bit more full. I did throw alot at this... just drive.
91 F outside and I am making a fuel heater. A large 5w resistor from my burnt mig welders little pcb turned out to be a nice hot one on 12v. too hot by itself, I reamed the end you seein photo just to get the square ceramic box resistor inside the old mig welders tip. all copper, resistor electricaly sealed on its own..very nice transfer of heat. this passes the electrical tape test, and will always be cooler because of frigid compression on the fuel line..even today…at 92F outside and an odd X-flare storm, that line is darn cool. This will get it where I want it. The length of it allows me to move up or down the fuel line, about a foot of straight line right outside the carb, to adjust. Sealed with high temp copper exhaust silicone by permatex. for the connection, soldered leads and heatshrunk. this passed that test as well. solders did not melt.
4.4 ohm. on a 9.6v power supply, the output was 5.6v. I do not know what twelve is going to do, and do not need to care. it may be more gentle, may not. will test soon enough.
kinda like winter outside. too cold and one stays in...too hot and it is the same. will wait for sealant to dry and plug this right in. it is a hot one. maybe wrap it again in soft aluminum, and use a clamp, no taping.
530. installed this, clamped with a thin clamp, it did get a bit warmer than the 9.6v power. Carb stays cold, but line did accept heat. This is very noticable in the winter. Driving for some time with the heater the carb seems to clean up something. A smell of road kill for a minute or two, like the last time, only it was the dead of winter -the same thing. Something does puddle up in the carbs. heavy settle, light moves. Agitating it like injectors nearly boiling fuel before it gets to a cylinder does work. cough dwindles to hardly bothersome. This fuel heater is hotter than that first version, and proves to need it. will wrap it once more to avoid getting burnt fingers.
830. got a little ride in..seems jumpier than ever. wrapped in a coffee can then electrical taped, a clamp keeping pressure for heat transfer, over the can keeping it more sealed to the line. it absorbs all of it, does not even get luke warm. Very very hot little heater I made there. I even doubted the wires I used...but its hanging in there. increased fuel pressure may be the cuplrit..I have it passive through a .030 restriction back to tank. This was jumpy after first line heater, and it went to very nice eventually. Don't know what I did. I'll let this go. most likely moving some crap around. pulling back in the idle was a tad stronger, I mean a bit more full. I did throw alot at this... just drive.





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