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There's no way to know if the router speed controller will work or not without seeing a schematic and parts list. My guess is that it would destroy the speed controller. There is also the possibility that the speed controller would turn the burner on - but the speed knob would have no effect on the ...

Household microwave ovens are tuned to the resonant frequency of the water molecule. i.e.- the wavelength of one cycle will be on the order of the diameter of a water molecule. This causes the waves to be 'trapped' inside of a molecule and bounce around which raised the electrons of the molecule to...

Here's what I've been doing: (But I just started the UJSM a couple months ago so I'm not that experienced and I don't have any hard data either.) I started with 8 lbs sugar, 8 lbs cracked corn then added about 4 gallons of water and a few long squirts of concentrated lemon juice and a packet of EC11...

Fun is worth $33.17US. :-) Point taken. It wasn't my intention to discourage. This project isn't exactly for the faint of heart though, considering the high voltage and the risk of microwave leaks. I do think it's a neat idea, and most of my post was trying to suggest that the impedance matching pro...

I'm not so sure that impedance matching matters much in this case. Look at the microwave oven - the load is different every time you turn it on because you put a different object in there. Microwaves with a turntable are constantly changing their impedance as observed by the output of the waveguide....

Microwaves do not heat water because of resonance. This is a scientific myth.

Yeah, great movie. I want to see it again now. It looks like a pot still made from a trombone.

Good point, GOB. What country are you in, Coops? Does Oz mean Australia? What are you doing with your ground wire? Here's another thought - you could try reversing the dimmer switch. I wouldn't think it would matter which way the dimmer went in, but without seeing its internal schematic there's no w...

Man, you're making me hungry, Pinto. I also love peppers and love to grow, pickle, dry, roast, and grind peppers. They are extremely prolific plants! I've heard that peppers are a good home remedy to treat depression because the body releases endorphines to help prevent all of the pain sensors on yo...

What part was backwards?

Yeah, of course the spores are everywhere. But, as I understood it, the spores are not harmful to humans. They can only infect the rye flower - which would grow into a black-rice grain - which IS harmful to humans. The spore can not directly grow into the black-rice mold all by itself. It is a separ...

The female adapter should not be a problem. Three possibilities for why the triac let out its smoke: 1. Underrated triac. Which part did you use and what is the voltage of your power line? 2. Load shorted. If the female adapter had its wires touching, the triac would be the weak link - or if you're ...

My error was to trim off the higher order terms. They looked insignificant to me at first, but they were quite significant after further inspection. I didn't save my work, so I had to start over - and now this one looks a lot different. I guess there are an infinite number of combinations of polynom...

Hmm... I should have double-checked my work before posting it. There is something wrong. Let me try this again...

I seriously doubt this is a Taylor-series expansion. What would be the point of expanding a tidy, meaningful equation into a nasty 4th order polynomial? More than likely, this is a polynomial regression generated by Excel or some other data plotter - somebody plotted a bunch of data points and gener...

Yeah, as Tater pointed out earlier in this thread, stove elements use thermal switches (infinite switch), which can wander around a small range of power outputs and cause surging - where the boil picks up and calms down over and over. I've been using an electric stove burner for the past few months ...

In parallel, the power rating of each resistor will be summed if they are the same value resistor. So your new power rating will be 16x5=80 watts.

Sugar washes don't contain significant amounts of methanol, but if you want to make something drinkable, you still have to take out some heads (and tails.) There are other things besides methanol that make booze undrinkable - namely ethyl acetate, which smells like finger-nail polish and is gaurante...

Can you not find an Australian distributor, or can you not find the part number at your local Australian distributor?

No, he's talking about aging in oak boxes instead of barrels. I asked if anyone had tried it because it seemed like a cheaper way.

My fault for hijacking the thread.

Your pipe diameters are fine. You won't blow anything up. I'm with Husker - the bokabob inline or offset reflux is the better still. I've heard from many people that this one will work, but it has efficiency problems. The main one being the cooling tube that runs through the column on the bottom. It...

Slightly unrelated question: What would happen if you built an oak box instead of a barrel? It seems that you could make some tongue-and-groove edges pretty easily with a router and you could use straps to press the pieces together tightly to stop leaks. Wouldn't this be effectively the same thing a...

but when i try to get the bottom off, i break the bottle..

What methods have you tried so far?

times gone by i heard tell of them usein a chunk of horse meat an a rusty nail per barrel to make wine

Does anyone know where I can get a dead horse?

Would dog food work?

So... no one really has any objection to using teflon tape for a lid gasket? Im so close I can taste it.... You're not getting answers because this is a bitterly debated topic here and nobody wants to get into it again. Do a search and you'll see. Yes, many here use it on threads but officially, th...

Hey new moon, why the hxxp?

It will probably work, but nowhere near as good as real copper mesh. I got mine here:

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Do you have to write something up or do you need to implement it as well? What specific field of electrical engineering sparks your interest the most? And aren't you a little bit concerned about legality? You might want to consider taking the ethanol-fuel route so you can be considered a globally/en...

It would depend on the wash, but you can get a lot more than that.

I wonder what will happen when someone develops a yeast strain that can produce 40% alcohol. The government would then have to either legalize distilling or outlaw brewing it seems.