Second Automated Run 03 31 2018 

I am writing you this short "thank you" note, and I think I speak for many people who have followed your videos like myself, to let you know how grateful we are for you taking your time and money and sharing with us the "trials and tribulations" of your passion for gasification. I would appreciate it very much, when you have the time, to post the complete, up to date, diagram with measurements and material, so we can start building our dream too! Thanks again, Mike!

I've downloaded every single video you have put out on this project. Hoping to start my own project very soon. Massive thanks Mike! By far the most comprehensive and inspirational set of videos available!

Thanks for all the inspiration, Mike. You've taken us on a fantastic journey. Well done.

Thank you for all your information. And your hard work on this project.

flash you need some detailed pics, plans and measurements.Awesome awesome job.

Another picture perfect run there. You gotta love your new automated system. Frees you up to work on other things. We'll be looking forward to your chunker build. Steve T is right about building a wood dryer too. I made one, but, it's too tall and I need to be cut about 1' off in order to get the wood warmer than it gets now. Other than that, it works really well. And it does knock down some of the decibels from the exhaust which is a good thing. Thanks for the video fix.

Thanks for all the videos and leg work. Great Job!

Can Not Wait to see the chunker build! I built one with an 8+ HP 4 speed 110cc dirt bike motor and a rear diff with 3.73 gears(I know but it was free) blade spins around 40 RPM In first gear (@ Max power/Rpm) and it chunks small and/or soft/wet wood but almost nothing dry so I just wanted to let you know you Need a Flywheel to store energy like a capacitor(sorry I'm sure you already know this), I even sharpened the blade until it bent into a u turn. I'm a smart guy so i made a spot for a flywheel in case it came to this so when i get time ill get one on there and re sharpen the blade it Will chunk nicely. BTW I drove over 7000 Miles on Wood,Plastic,Trash,Used oils,Water ect. (my truck is also boosted with 7Liters/min of hho) And i just want to say thank you for all the information you share, we love you.

Now you need a muffler... Just to get perfection

Hi flash! Great vids! Just binge watched your channel for the past two days. I hope to make a smaller unit to attach to a nice 2 axel cargo trailer I'm going to be converting into a land yacht to live in! I was wondering, to keep a setup like this more "stealth", would it be advisable to recirculate the initial smoke coming out of the flair back into the reactor until it the reactor reaches the proper temp to crack the tar, then just switch the output to the generator? I would like to avoid having to "flair off" the initial gas as I plan to have the unit concealed. Also, do you think it would be possible to build a horizontal "low profile" unit that could fit in the bed of a truck with a topper?

Very nice! It's great! Best regards from Saxony.

Harbor Freight makes an in inexpensive quite generator..... just an idea Awesome video

Like what you do flash , amazing, I'm half way , just need to build a filter, you're a inspiration, keep going I'm right behind you 👍👍

Nothing as fine as the feel good reward, of such effort. The fact it didnt break just sitting , so common with store bought chinese junk these days...deserves an atta boy all by itself.

What kind of blower do you use -- maybe a furnace draft fan? AC or DC?

Did you make a video yet with your engine/alternator setup yet? Id love to see that

How much wood do you fit in your gasifier and how long does it runs in a one ful load?

Do you think this would run a six cylinder engine! Great job! I want to build one for my truck gas is getting really expensive up here in Canada!

Hi again Flash. As said, dry wood is very important for a good clean gas. I happend to live next to a woodwork company that makes construction material for buildings. What you think of using cutter chips as fuel? Its leftovers from the planer (I think its called in english) used to make lists for building construction/renovation. And they have VERY high demand for dry wood base material. Im a bit worried that those very small chips may burn to fast/hot?

Love this how much fuel do you use per hour of run time ?

You will do a lot better when you get your alternator hooked up to your battery bank...it will be a lot quieter than those loud generators... awesome set up!!

just watched a few of your vids going back to 2013 - great to see you stuck with it and keep working on improvements. home you can summarize the final version with measurements and what worked best in the final version

Going to go to your page and check out that woodchunker!! Fantastic video, Flash!001USA!!

Can you also turn the electricitymeter back ? Like with solarpanels? Or can you only benefit form the electricity what is generated at the moment of use ? It would be so great if i could build one like yours and use the generator to turn the numbers on the electricitymeter al the way back that i can use electricity for a futere week and then turning the gassifier back on if you get my drift.😅 Damn, it makes me happy watching your video.👍 It must be duable for me to build it.

Hi, I reckon you have already fixed the problem from the flame flaring off when starting the gasifier, the strongest heat can be anything from 3 > 6 feet from the tip of the visible flame. Maybe a 45° bend with an extension piece of pipe might help. This is one of those times I wish I was in the U.S. so I could get you to build me one 😢😢😢😢

I've yet to try this, but run the exhaust from the generator into a barrel buried, and a pipe out of the barrel over head height. I have heard of this used at a campground to muffle the sound of the generator motors.

Fantastic job how about some simple drawings and measurements

Mike, Are you still firing this up and if so how has it been performing long term?

Please protect the ceiling in making it more fireretarded. There are a lot of fireretarded materials. Don't use a metal sheet because it conducts heat. I have seen wood that was more then 20 years radiated with low heat by a chimney. It became so much brickly and suddenly it went on fire. And your ceiling becomes much hotter then that. Don't know the English words for that fire retarded materials. In the Netherlands it is called promatec. A thick piece of board, let's say 18 mm with spaces connected to the ceiling would do the trick. Don't attach it directly but leave some space between it so it also can cool down somewhat from above. Some smaller pieces cut from promatec and naile that un to the ceiling. And the bigger board attach it to that. And make sure that the nails are only going into the smaller pieces of promatec. Not passing through it and ending up in the wood. Because metal conducts heat. I eant to see and learn much more from you so it would be a shame if your place would become burnt down.😈

I guess i had.written an email, i got about 9 million questions. I made another attempt at the gasifier. I got a couple pictures. I think it might have been trying to make gas, but would not stay lit.

Howdee Flash, It sure is a good thing when you can say that your house runs on home made sticky-tricity :) . Now that you have achieved such a high level of automation, you'll have a bit of spare time on yer hands. Hmmm....watt wood you do with that spare time? Ahhh yes, you could build you another gasifier ;) . Just thinking about yer planned DC charging plant, it seems to me that you could build it onto a trolley, sort of like the one yer gasser is on, so you could add a large fuel dryer to it. That way, you wood have a means of storing and drying lots of wood, while also substantially silencing the engine, and providing a nice warm seat to sit on while you design your next gasifier :) . Keep those delisherous woody watts a flowing, my fellow woodenwatts addict.

Great job on your videos instruction Flash!!! Can you direct me to a link of where I can download the PDF instructions you mentioned on your prior videos? Thanks again.

congrats, its great to see it run with no dramas,, i was thinking about your wood chunker idea and was wondering if you would consider powering it with a DC treadmill motor with variable speed potentiometer ac bridge rectifier etc ,, rather than a fuel powered engine and large gearbox assembly,, would you consider that?? i am only asking because all the ones i have seen are fuel or woodgas powered,, but seeing as you have a battery bank you could run a variable speed 2hp Dc motor thereby not requiring a gearbox,, i dont know maybe ,, just picking your brain on an alternative drive system for a chunker idea thats been bugging me.

I was under the impression that the flare needed to be before the filtering equipment to keep the heavy tars and water from sticking to a cold system?

I just found your videos. I have a solar PV system in northern Wisconsin, this time of the year we can get periods of a week or more with little sun and I end up running a generator more then I like. I heat with wood and have 40 acres of woods, I do not even come close keeping up with the dead and blown down trees so. Where are you at? Or more to the point, how do you think your system would work in temps well below freezing?

Hello my friend Is it possible to see the internal parts you have developed from the inside in this video possible I mean, is there another video that explains the final design and is detailed, please

Hope all is well do you have any updates currently useing?

I always hated petrol gennys, you remind me why

Superb job. Where dit you get your blower ?

I have an extra idea for you, flash00USA. Why don't you lined up the exhaust of the generaton back into the gasifier system?

I think you could actually make this a truly all in one machine by adding copper coils in the Ferness to have central heating and hot water. What do you think?

noisy but impressive :) Clearly not a "hacker"

Did your carburetor update not work out?

Thx Flash... your the shit

Hi flash Smiling with you on your success Always a pleasure to watch your videos of the gasifier You mentioned that you made PDF Of your tribulations on the construction of the gasifier How do I contact you for you to send it to me ? I would show you some of photo mine getting build It's not exactly like your It's one of the design of Ben Peterson

OK so you started up with biochar this time ???... I may have missed a trick on this. What do you mean by biochar, do you make the biochar separately, or is it a byproduct of the gassifier that you reburn to get a clean start, or is it just to say that you start up from what is left in the hopper / grate from a previous burn ???

What are the negative side effects of running a humid/wet, but clean gas in your generator? What would the excess water do? Hope your rig is still running strong! You've got me gathering parts to build my own for a hunting lease that doesnt have connection to the grid.

Tnx for video!

Would the heat of the gas melt the plastic PVC?

I have watched all your videos, have you ever inspected your motor for tar build up? What were your thought on the guy who used a wet scrubber to filter out tar? M

Nice, thanks

Have you ever tried using the activated carbon byproduct as a filter media?

Man that rocks ! ya gonna sell them ?

Flash did you ever make blueprints for this yet

My email begins with gdh, I also would like the file and thanks for a great and successful journey

Sweet running machine. I'm going to be very interested in what you are going to do for the wood chuncker. I like this type of design. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HWoaPL99WI4.html Have you seen this type yet. I think it would need more blades, so the pieces come out shorter. The fact that they self feed is fantastic. Could be a lot smaller because we would only be using small diameter branches. I think they have a lot of promise for gasifier fuel preparation. Thanks for all your ideas and information. Stephen NZ

Watts that smell?

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