6-25-08
Stainless Steel Thermos Bottle
I have tried one stainless tube 1/18 304 inside the thermos. Output was only 1/8 LPM. Using a 12 volt 4 amp car battery charger, that was pegging the needle at 8 amps. Voltage i did not measure but assume to be 9-10 volts accounting for the 2 volt drop most likely from thermos to tube. Next I will try one 1/8 inch tube inside the 1 1/8 inch tube. Connected as thermos negative 1/8 center positive, 1 1/8 NC.(floating). Tried that but just didn't get it. the project pics show it before it was total enclosed for testing.
I am not done with this enclosure yet. One thought would be to use the fender washer method here. Would be so easy to drill a hole in the bottom of the thermos to install the washer unit. That is most likely what I'll end up doing here, unless I am able to install a circular tube inside for a test. The tube being closer to the walls than the last setup.
Ok that was fun but where's the working unit? It is coming and I will make it a basic generator so it will be easy to put together. It wont hvae all these pipes and things, but will use the good 'ol fender washer method. I will show as i go.
I am working on both this and the new design the Taylorcell, which you can see soon. July 28, 2008. Am looking for fitting for this unit then will build.
Ok found the stuff I needed. I am not happy with the results as of yet.


The stainless center is really huge and after 2 minutes of testing, the water was boiling. After letting sit for about 5 minutes, the center rod was still hot to touch.
So I will try washers next. The metal here retains heat too easy and heats up the water. The output was 236 ml in 45 seconds. Thats not really that good either.
Thats about 3.93 ml per second where 1 Lpm is about 16.7 ml per second.
Like i said, need to try another center piece. I built it to come apart easy. It does leak a little around the top where the lid seals to the bottle, should have figured that much when I bought it. Once a unit is working right you could seal it. Find another way to add water through another input. Perhaps a second nipple on top or even at the bottom. Then when the water is low, open a valve, water is brought in by the vacuum and shut off by an electronic switch. Maybe a person could fix the seal so it just works better. Will show another pic with another combination later.
The problem with this unit is the heat. Thats because the metal area is dense and holds the heat very well. so in your next design use less thick metal and it will run cooler.