If I ran alternating strips of aluminum and copper in a bonded panelThen charged the copper strips with a dc currentOn the aluminum strips I would then charge with DC Current also but in the opposite directionIf there were no common ground and individual circuits.would I have a melt downAssuming I also added a resistor to each circuit to keep from burning the wires up? Would the electrons going one way in the copper strips insulate the circuit in the aluminum strips going the other direction?
Hey folks, it's not the jakes that are the prime cause of the noise, it's the open exhaustsI live on a busy highway and hear a lot of loud trucks as they slow for a traffic light, but most of them are quietIf you listen to a truck that's loud when it's slowing, it'll also be loud when it acceleratesI occasionally drive a truck with a jake and since it has a full muffler it's very quietNot using a jake leads to premature brake wearOn hills it can lead to brake failure since heat builds up and reduces effectiveness.
Jake Brakes slow the speed of a truck without having to use the conventional braking systemThis reduces wear and tear on brake shoes and besides it is fun to listen to the engine as it's compression slows the rig downTruck drivers are just little boys that have grown big bodiesLet them have their funDriving a truck is the epitome of boredomYou don't make a lot of moneyYou are often away from your family for long periods of timeThey bring to you most of the commodities that make your life more enjoyableLet them have the little bit of fun that there is doing their jobBEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOM !
Jake brakes are compression relief valves to relieve the engines of power to more quickly slow the trucks downYou can't over revv a big diesel engine, and down shifting to rapidly will over revv and harm the enginethat loud noise you hear is the compression being released from the cylinders as they come up on the compression strokesSlowing those big trucks down is hard on breaks and they use the jake to save wear and tear on themBecause of the noise, they are outlawed in some placesTo a trucker, time is money so they try to make the best time possible.
Our town had this problem since we are on a couple major routes and have several shipping hubs hereThey made a local ordinance for halting the use of jake brakesI don't hear it as often now but I am sure when it happens, those living nearer the highways really hate it in the middle of the nightWe have it more when they come down off the bridge or overpassesthere is likely a reason they do this , or used to but I am not a mechanic so don't know why it would be a plus to do that other than saving on the brakes someBack in the day of split manifolds on the old small six-bangers, it made your cruise machine sound pretty toughI can see your point and don't think it makes you crankyIt can be annoying .
you can't charge wires The strips are connected from what you say, so they are effectively all just one wire So, with no common ground, you want to run both AC and DC through the same wire? Yes you canThe current in the wire would be the algebraic sum of the DC and AC currentsWould the electrons going one way in the copper strips insulate the circuit in the aluminum strips going the other direction no, not trueBut the lack of a common ground means both currents can flow through the same wireAnd you don't need floating suppliesYou can use a common ground and isolate the AC and DC with resistors and run them both through the same wire .
