LM317T Voltage Regulator with Pass Transistor

This is a detailed walkaround showing the progress to date of my "Daisy the Diesel Project". It was named by my 5 year old Julian who loves watching "Thomas the tank engine" Buying this engine was the beginning of a project that just kept growing and growing. The engine is an indian clone of the famous Lister CS "cold starting" 8/1 diesel engine. This particular one was made by the folks at JKSON diesel. It is an 8 hp model, making its power at 850 rpm. Here is a bit of a rundown of what has been done so far in this project. * Stripped down to every last nut and bolt to permit proper cleaning out of the casting sand that we always seem to find in the indian made engines. * All paint and indian body filler removed, then repainted in colours of our own preference instead. * Built a frame to mount it all on, then set about finding and building on a number of interesting things for it to actually drive. There's nothing more boring than looking at videos of all these beautifully restored engines on youtube, which are doing nothing but turning themselves over and looking pretty! Diesels love to work, don't they? ! Well this one gets to work hard, and regularly. No glazed bores here... The two major objects driven by my engine are a heavy duty 240 volt alternator and an air compressor. The air compressor is a brand new 1950's made Bendix-Westinghouse truck compressor. It's about 8 cfm and air cooled twin cylinder design. It has an internal oil pump and white metal bearings, even ...



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