Ed
Thank
you for your interesting question.
Plug
fouling is the result of an improper choice:
A:F
ratio
Plug
heat range
Thermostat
Or:
Valve
seat leak
Or
other condition that allows oil or anything other than fuel and air into the
combustion chamber
The
conductor (electrode) on the Pulstar is no different than what is on spark
plugs. You need good conductivity to aid in the ionization of the spark gap. If
liquid deposits (oil or fuel) are not percolated off before the next cycle, the
added resistance of the deposit is going to compromise the ionization event and
may even prevent it (misfire)
The
Pulstar discharge follows the ionization event to drive electrical power into
the fuel charge, so in answer to your question, it has no effect on “blowing”
the deposit off of the electrode.
However,
because the high energy discharge results in more of the fuel mixture being
burned, there is less opportunity for deposits to collect.
Lou
Camilli
From: Ed Anderson
[mailto:eanderson@carolina.rr.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 6:04
PM
To: info@enerpulse.com
Subject: Fouled spark
plug
Nice concept,
but one question. What is the Pulstar performance in sparking a fouled
sparkplug, either carbon fouled or lead fouled - any test
done?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 2:25 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Fw: [FlyRotary]
New subject: Pulstar Plugs
Jesse,
I sent an e mail to these folks asking them if they had any data on
how
their plug performed under fouling conditions - both carbon and lead.
Be
interesting to see what the response is - if I get one of course.
$25
is a lot to pay when the stock ones run $5-7 a piece, but if you fly
much with 100LL then you will find you need to replace them around 25
hours
or so. So if this plug overcame the fouling problem and gave
a much longer
life, then they might be worth the price for that reason
along.
Ed
>> Isn't 25 bucks each a lot to pay for an air
gapped plug ? There may be
>> more to them than that but that is my
first reaction. We used to have to
>> move plug wire back off plug
or cut small gap in wire to get a plug to
>> fire when valve guide
seals went out and/or some other reason loaded
>> combustion
chamber with oil. I first learned that from seeing used cars
>>
when worn out and using a lot of oil with wire gapped and taped where
>> didn't notice. <g>
>> jofarr, soddy
tn
>>
It won't prevent fouling. If you have carbon on the insulator it will
foul, end of story. The problem isn't having enough voltage to fire. The
problem is being sure that the discharge jumps the gap instead of running down
the face of the insulator in the carbon. You can have a million volts but if
the spark runs on the surface it won't run any better. I have seen all kinds
of high energy CDI systems. They never worked any better.
Bill Jepson