New project for motorcycle

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Not easy fitting bits in.
Also the Battery / alternator isnt too big either is it?
I imagine this is a pretty challenging task, Look forward to your solutions.
Is this going to be a booster or something more ?

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Glenn, unfortunately yes you are right on all accounts, lol. No there isn't much room to put everything on the bike. No the battery and alternator aren't that big. As for right now the unit will only be for boosting, not welder size. But if I can get everything right on the electrical side we'll see how far I can go with it. Everything hinges on getting this PWM DC-DC to work right since I know that the stock electrical system can't handle more than 30A of extra load. I want the DC-DC converter to be able to handle a 150A load on the secondary side, with a 15A-30A load on the primary side. So like I said, everything hinges on getting this thing right. I might just install the cell without the PWM until I get it right so that I can report on something instead of everything collecting dust, like my truck's cell is doing. I don't think that the MC's cell will reach 150A by any means, but I would rather build one PWM to handle all of my needs rather than have to go through this rebuilding process more than once. Since I'll need it for the truck I just want to get it out of the way now.

Today I will be working on the shed so that I can clean off my workbench and start welding up my tank and bubblers for it. The welding won't take long at all, but trimming the plates that I got will take a while I'm guessing since they rarely send anything that is measured right on the money, they usually leave a little extra on it. I'm fitting all the plates to fit inside the 3" SS tubing, so it'll be fun for sure.

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All sounds good. Have you been able to take pics?
Would like to see it.
Glenn...[ thinking I had better look in the project section.]

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Well, I'm back home and at work again... This past weeked over at Tellico Plains, Tn riding the Dragon and the Mile-high Skyway were too much fun and I want to go back already. They certainly put my tires tread to full use since I was scraping both boots on the pavement through those corners. I also noticed much higher gas mileage going through that area as well, so I really can't wait to run through the Dragon again with the bike setup with this new cell and see how she runs. She was strong even with some carburetion problems so I'm sure that on the next trip down there I'll do much better.

But anyways, back to the point...I'm just short of welding the secondary bubbler shut, but I want to hold off to make sure that I'm not forgetting anything that may still need to be put in place. Welding that tube in place wasn't as easy as I had thought that it would be, hopefully when I do the next one it'll be a little easier.

I also put the fittings in place on the tops of both bubblers, but I wasn't paying enough attention and I misaligned one of the fittings so I'll be trying to find a good way to make do with what I have. All I have to do is weld in one more fitting to the scrubber and it's fill point as well as it's downtube, then I should be ready to weld that bubbler shut. I'm hoping to have this done tomorrow morning as long as nothing gets in my way, like finish mowing my yard, lol.

Once I close up the two bubblers I'll be working on mounting points for the two bubblers. I don't think it will be a serious problem though since I still have to remove the PAIR system, which will leave me with a two bolt spot with exhuast port to cover up. I should be able to use that for my upper mount, then I'll just have to find two lower mounts and maybe an additional upper mount to make me happy.

I'm still trying to find a solution for the gas integration into the motor though for when I do the full run. I had thought about using a propane carb but that is a bit oversized as well as not totally necessary. All I really need is some sort of mixer, which I can make myself as long as I can find a pressure regulator that will put it down to 0-25psi and do it's full range of pressure in a 90degree turn of it's knob. I have thought about trying to use a higher pressure regulator but that also means that I will need to have a higher pressure input and I know that most of the 0-25 ones are supply pressures of about 75 which I am comfortable with. If anyone has any ideas that will be cheap then I'm all ears, unfortunately I'm ubber broke so money is a big issue for me right now.

I also need to start working on my torodial so that I can wire it up right for the cell, but I'm still trying to decide where to put the voltage.... 1.8v or 2v. If only I had access to a adjustable voltage regulator so that I could test the cell once I have it all together.

I still have to assemble, drill, tab, and trim the plates that go inside the chamber, but for now I want to just get all the major parts together before I start work on those. That also includes doing a leak-test on the entire system to make sure that I'm not going to spew caustic solution all over myself while I'm riding.

I have decided and ordered the parts for the electrical connections through the chamber access panel, just simple bolts, washers and rubber grommets will be used. The grommets that I ordered from www.mcmaster.com are much better and more suited to this use than the generic ones that I got from the hardware store were for the truck cell. I think that these connections will do fine once I assemble it and seal it with some silicone? I will check to make sure that the silicone sealant that I have will be a good sealant before I use it, but I can always order more stuff if I have to.

As a side-note I think that I will use the opposite approach to how we control our amperage with KOH strength, I will use high-concentration instead since it acts the same way electrically as it does in low-concentration, only in reverse. This way I can still use the cell during the winter since the solution does not freeze...at normal freezer temps anyways, which I think is about 0 degrees.

If anyone has any ideas please speak up

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Next time Bob, next time, LOL! I was with my dad and I knew that he wouldn't be interested in stopping by even though I knew you were close. I had thought about askin directions from Kevin since I remembered going through Sweetwater last time, but I figured that I'll stop by next time when I have a little more time available. I would really love to go back there again and do the Dragon when it is just me and a fem, but as of right now I'm a bit taxed on time.
Hopefully I'll be able to show you my project on the bike. I know it ain't resonance, but I'm happy with it for the time being.

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