Drive line question?

[Brownie Mobile]

You are correct sir. Sorry to create such an issue with the language/wording of my post.

its what we do here, dont be worried.

 

[scooter]

Hot water heaters and ice box.


Todd S.

 

[PetesPonies]

Well having been a teacher of such courses as . . Power & Energy, Automotive Mechanics, Principles of Engineering and Electronics to name just a few, I think I am qualified to set the thread straight. Motors are electrical and engines burn fuel. That is as simple as I can make it for you.

 

[CHKNFKR]

Well having been a teacher of such courses as . . Power & Energy, Automotive Mechanics, Principles of Engineering and Electronics to name just a few, I think I am qualified to set the thread straight. Motors are electrical and engines burn fuel. That is as simple as I can make it for you.

I hate to nit pick here but what of air and hydraulic motors? what of steam engines? what of liquid fuel rocket engines, and solid fuel rocket motors? Once again I'll bring up Ford Motor Company and General Motors, the terms motorcycle, motorcar, motorway, motorcade, etc...

From a technical standpoint a motor is any device that converts one form of energy into mechanical energy to produce motion. An internal combustion engine does just that, so does a steam engine, so does a rocket engine, so do electric, air, and hydraulic motors.

an internal combustion engine is one type, one category, of countless motors. The two words are not by any means synonymous.

 

[PetesPonies]

Well Steam ENGINES are called external combustion engines. They get the "engine" nomenclature because they do burn a fuel, albeit "outside" the combustion chamber. As far as other "motor" examples. I eluded to in my initial post that the word "motor" is used incorrectly all over the place. Didn't you understand the jest of what I was saying?

 

[CHKNFKR]

i understand perfectly what you are saying. the point is you are talking more about modern usage of the two words than you are about their actual definition. how do you define the word motor? how do you define the word engine? by your own definitions, does an engine not also fit the criteria of a motor?

"They get the "engine" nomenclature because they do burn a fuel" this statement here hints at what i have been saying all along. that is an engine is one type of motor, a motor that burns a fuel.

Let the record show the tone of this conversation is that of a civil discussion between friends, not that of an argument or a debate.

 

[adsm08]

Hot water heaters

Todd S.

Now that's just ridiculous on the face of it. Why would you need to heat it if it's already hot?

Well Steam ENGINES are called external combustion engines. They get the "engine" nomenclature because they do burn a fuel, albeit "outside" the combustion chamber. As far as other "motor" examples. I eluded to in my initial post that the word "motor" is used incorrectly all over the place. Didn't you understand the jest of what I was saying?

I saw a 5.4 converted into an external combustion engine once. That was awesome.

 

[PetesPonies]

Uh . . no I'm not. I'm using the automotive definitions of the words.So many text books I taught from over the 30 years of teaching these subjects. I think I know what I'm saying. And yes, 30 years of teaching. Oh and BTW, the word motor comes from a Latin word "movere". It's origin is a word that means to move. The word engine comes from the Latin word "ingenium", which means to create.Just FYI

 

[scooter]

Now that's just ridiculous on the face of it. Why would you need to heat it if it's already hot?

Exactly my point. Should call it a COLD water heater.


Ice Box is registered trade mark of Whirlpool (i think) for their home fridge.

Its funny to read tho, and i am honestly learning too.


Todd S.

 

[shane96ranger]

What horses ass started calling them Motorcycles? Shall I start calling them Enginecycles now?