The Tesla Valve

[Sedalia Dave 6,078]

 

 

 

[The Original Lumpy Gritz 5,423]

Then there's the Reed valve.

OLG

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 2,723]

45 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

Then there's the Reed valve.

OLG

 

Simple as can be!  

[The Original Lumpy Gritz 5,423]

1 minute ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

 

Simple as can be!  

Think that's where KISS started........

OLG

[Pat Riot, SASS #13748 12,387]

43 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

Think that's where KISS started........

OLG

No, they started in New York City after the band Wicked Lester fell apart.

[The Original Lumpy Gritz 5,423]

18 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

No, they started in New York City after the band Wicked Lester fell apart.

Go back to your room--------and stay there 

OLG

[Utah Bob #35998 8,843]

1 hour ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

Then there's the Reed valve.

OLG

Beauty of the Tesla is no parts to fail. Genius!

[Black Angus McPherson 254]

So, to me, the question becomes: "Why isn't the Tesla valve used?"

 

Also, what is a Reed valve?

 

Angus Not-an-engineer McPherson

 

[The Original Lumpy Gritz 5,423]

29 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:

Beauty of the Tesla is no parts to fail. Genius!

Tesla never received 1/10 of the credit he should have, for all of his discoveries. 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/extraordinary-life-nikola-tesla-180967758/

Reed valve-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_valve

Very common in 2-stroke engines. 

OLG

[Utah Bob #35998 8,843]

1 hour ago, Black Angus McPherson said:

So, to me, the question becomes: "Why isn't the Tesla valve used?"

 

Also, what is a Reed valve?

 

Angus Not-an-engineer McPherson

 

The Tesla valve is a bit larger due to the design so it depends on exactly what you want to use it in. Also imagine trying to clear a clog out of one.

 

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 361]

 …… so, Mister Tesla wasn't just an Electrical Genius ………  

[Pat Riot, SASS #13748 12,387]

1 hour ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:

Tesla never received 1/10 of the credit he should have, for all of his discoveries. 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/extraordinary-life-nikola-tesla-180967758/

Reed valve-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_valve

Very common in 2-stroke engines. 

OLG

Kind of hard when you have Edison and big money yanking the rug out from under you at every turn. He was a brilliant man.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 4,362]

Now if Edison had chosen a less photogenic elephant than Topsy to execute...

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 361]

It would almost appear that one of Mr. Teslas' better moves was to leave Edison and go work for Mr. Westinghouse

[Pat Riot, SASS #13748 12,387]

Edison was a brilliant man also but he was also a sonofab****! Any man that would sanction the killing of animals to sell his ideas in electrical power should have been hooked up to some cabling himself. He was also a very astute and often unscrupulous businessman. 

 

Reference:

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/thomas-edison-history-electrocuting-dogs-horses-people-article-1.2969425?outputType=amp

 

https://broadly.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/kb4mw3/thomas-edison-thought-it-was-a-bright-idea-to-electrocute-animals

 

This says Edison didn’t kill the elephant. 

http://edison.rutgers.edu/topsy.htm

 

This sayshe did kill the elephant. 

https://www.wired.com/2008/01/dayintech-0104/amp

 

Tired of reading about this guy so off I go...

 

[The Original Lumpy Gritz 5,423]

Just look at who Edison's money man was, will tell you much about Edison. 

OLG

[Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L 1,388]

22 hours ago, Black Angus McPherson said:

Also, what is a Reed valve?

 

we had these on our ½A glow engines with attached fuel tank, Thimble Drone as I remember.

[J.D. Daily 169]

The problems with Tesla's one way valve are:

While it's Cv factor in reverse direction is 200 times the forward Cv factor it is less than infinite. I.E. it will leak in reverse direction.

It requires a lot of length compared to swing poppet & spring poppet check valves.