Date:         Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:09:03 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: AFM failure
Comments: To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
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Yes, I guess it does.

Yrs,
d

On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 12:02 PM <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:

> Right, but doesn't that make it more of a fuel cell rather than a battery
> though?
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of David
> Beierl
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2020 8:57 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: AFM failure
>
> It's the plain truth.  It's a (tiny) primary cell that operates at >600F
> and generates approaching a volt when there's oxygen on one side of its
> membrane and not on the other side.  It's of no practical use to power
> anything, but it makes a lovely detector.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 9:01 AM ddbjorkman@verizon.net <
> ddbjorkman@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > David, I really like that oxygen battery description of what the O2
> > sensor system does.  I have a "working knowledge" of the sensor, but
> > between Dennis's description and yours, I have a much more graphic
> > idea of how that works.
> >
> > Dave B.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Beierl <dbeierl@GMAIL.COM>
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Sent: Thu, Apr 16, 2020 6:38 pm
> > Subject: Re: AFM failure
> >
> > >
> > > The sensor is a bit of magic and should probably be called an oxygen
> > > deficiency sensor! This thought is based on the voltage being
> > > produced by the difference in the O2 level in the exhaust and
> atmosphere.
> >
> >
> > It's literally an oxygen battery.
> >
> > Yrs,
> >
> > d
> >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>