Operation manual of Pederick Gas Producer

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:37:55 GMT

The operation of the Pederick Gas Producer is far more simple than the average motorist imagines. Assuming the Producer is filled with charcoal and the cleaners are in order, this is all there is to do to start and run the vehicle on gas.

1. Start the motor on petrol and let it idle.

2. Pull out the gas valve on the dash.

3. Unscrew lighting plug from Generator.

4. Remove lighting taper from small can attached to unit (it is part of the cap) light it and hold it to the charcoal through the opening made by removing the plug and the suction from the engine draws the flame in and lights the charcoal instantly.

5. Replace plug and drive away on petrol.

6. Open the air valve slightly.

7. Place your foot on both petrol and gas accelerators together and in about one mile you will feel the gas coming through. You then drive on gas only, adjusting the air valve to get best mixture. If out of the city you can turn petrol right off, by special tap if fitted, and adjust water drip to about 50 drops per minute for continuous running.

8. When stopping there will be no need to light the charcoal again unless the engine is stopped for more than about four hours. In re-starting after a stop, do so on petrol and again use both accelerators and gas will come through again in anything from 100 yards to about half a mile, depending upon how long the engine has been stopped.

Water Drip Tap.
Manual Water Control.
Air Inlets.
Flame Traps.
Lighting Plugs.
Bottom Lid and Clamp.
Filling Lid and Clamp.
Cleaning Plug.
Gas Outlet.
Primary Cleaning Port and Plug.
Gas Line.
Gas Elbow Cleaning Port and Plug.
Oil Reservoir.
Cleaning Port and Cover.
Oil Level Tap.
Sisal Support Disc.
Sisal Holding Down Disc.
Lid and Clamp.
Self-Draining Elbow.
Sisal Support Disc.
Cleaning Port and Cover.
Sisal.
7 1/2 in. Diameter Hessian and Felt.
Wood Wool.
9 1/2 in. Diameter Hessian and Felt.
Holding Down Clips.
Sisal and Wood Wool.
Air Space.
Security Filter Cage and Felt Sock.
Holding Down Screws.
Lid Clamp.

This is all there is to do other than to fill up with charcoal as required. Do not let the fuel, in the fire box, get below the halfway mark or overheating may result. Systematically attend to the cleaners as outlined in the Pederick Manual.

Pederick Gas Producer

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:53:53 GMT

A Pederick Gas producer has been donated to the Rushworth Museum by Mr Ray Whiteacre of Rushworth,.

Ray operated a cartage business in Rushworth for many years
This Gas producer was mounted to the front bumper bar of his Bedford truck which he used to deliver goods and fuel in the Seymour and Rushworth Districts. This was when fuel was in very short supply and it was rationed during World War 11.

All fuel was carted by the Victorian Railways to fuel depots, which were in all Major Country Towns it was then distributed to Service station, farm’s and essential services, by cartage contractors.

The Gas Producer which burnt Charcoal to produced a gas which was enough to run the truck, the motor would be started on petrol and when there was enough gas it would be switched over to the gas supply. Once the charcoal was burnt the driver was required to stop and refill the hopper with fresh charcoal and start all over again.

Ray told me that the Charcoal which was made from the Rushworth Ironbark timber, was a much better quality then the charcoal produced from Red Gum Timber.

With the rising price of fuel today, maybe we may have to convert back to the old gas Producers??

Ray convened on to me a story that when he drove his Truck into the Fuel depot in Seymour he was required to leave his tobacco and matches at the gate, But his Gas producer would be operating near red hot he said it was lucky that Seymour was not blown off the map if the fuel stored at the depot was ignited..

Attached is a Operators instruction on how the Gas producer was operated.

So next time you are near the Museum why not call in and view the Pederick Gas Producer

Rushworth Museum: Gas Producer

Operation manual of Pederick Gas Producer

Pederick Gas Producer