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Snow Melter
Collects blow-back from snowblower and melts for city sewer | |
This flexible plastic chute and ducting attaches to the output chute of a snowblower. The duct leads to a drum on wheels that trails behind/beside said snowblower. An on-board heater inside the drum extracts the heat (in radiator fashion) from the snowblower engine and melts the snow (1/10 the volume
in h20 form). Snow is melted and collected to be dumped later in the city sewer. Voila -- no more nasty piles to drive around / fall on, and clear driveways and sidewalks. Obviously this would void the snowblower warranty... :)
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Welcome to the halfbakery. |
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If the blower is built for this it wouldn't void the warranty. The heat from the engine probably wouldn't be enough for a major blizzard (unless you took the engine from an SUV), but it could come in handy for a few inches. |
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Time saving tip: Skip the snowblower - spray gasoline directly on the snow and light it.</kiddies, do not try this at home> |
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The problem is the water would freeze on running across the cold bare concrete. Now instead of snow you have black ice. |
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But it is not too late for this idea. The water simply must not be allowed to freeze on the concrete. The snowblower should spurt a coarse mist of water high, high into the air. It will freeze before landing, whereupon the snowblower converts to a sweeper to sweep the iceballs up. |
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