How a Carburetor Works

Today we took apart the carburetor off our lawn mower. 

First, we talk about a carburetor's job of mixing air and gas to combust inside the engine.

Then we experimented with the float valve which lets the fuel into the carburetor from the gas tank.

We poured water into the funnel and opened and shut the valve by raising the float with our finger just like the valve in the back of the toilet.

We talked about how the air flow through the carburetor body sucks the fuel up the jet and into the engine.

Then the girls drew pictures of the carburetor and wrote explanations of how all the different parts worked.

Angel's diagram

 Shelli's diagram

Carburetor lesson and blog post courtesy of Daddy

Taking Out the Tools

Today, after reading 2 chapters of Anne of Green Gables and 2 chapters from Life of Fred, we decided to take apart our old George Foreman Grill.

Our grill was really old and not cooking like it should.  I had made a quadruple batch of waffles on Saturday and it took 10 minutes per waffle and the waffle was still floppy.

So after ordering a new waffle iron from Amazon we got our screwdrivers out and went to work on the old waffle maker aka the George Foreman Grill.

There were a lot of screws to undo.  We had to find the right screwdriver to fit in the screws.

Once opened we could see all the electrical wires inside and the heating element that cooked the waffles.

Angel and Shelli do a lot of electrical circuits so they knew all about the wires inside.  It was pretty interesting.

Now it is the end for the waffle maker/grill. We took it all to the garbage can.  Now we are looking for the Post Office to deliver the new waffle maker sometime today.