Dear Steve, thanks a lot for this suggestion, I´ll have a try!
Yours Gerd Am 01.11.2010 17:35, schrieb Steve Shyvers: > Gerd, > > I have used low pressure air in the boiler and a length of plastic or > silicone tubing held to my ear to find leaks. It works like a doctor's > stethoscope. The sound of escaping air is very easy to hear that way. Use it > to check around fittings, seals, and especially the port steam faces of an > oscillating cylinder. Just 5 or 10 psig of air should be enough. > > Steve Shyvers > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Gerd Neumann<g...@gerdneumann.net> wrote: > >> Hi Gary, >> >> thanks a lot! I will try the soapy water with pressure air in my >> workshop, that seems to make sense! >> As I do allready use a mixture of Butan/Propane there shouldn´t be any >> problems and the boiler + burner should be a "great steamer" according >> to the guy who constructed it. >> >> I´ll have more tries and will report my sucess (hopefully) >> >> Yours >> >> Gerd >> >> Am 31.10.2010 17:30, schrieb Gary: >> > Dishwashing soap in water sprayed over the entire steam route may help >> spot >>> leaks. Bubbles shout - "Hey, the leak is here!" >>> >>> Heat dries out soapy water, so an alternate is air pressure running. >>> >>> >>> >>> My friend's Steamline Shay I rehabbed had leaks in the valve, and >>> incorrectly assembled osi motor, as well as too many trips through heavy >> oil >>> tanks that changed steam to tepid water. >>> >>> >>> >>> Other ways to lower steam pressure include clogged steam line, burner not >>> putting out enough heat. I converted to radiant poker burner which >>> immediately created much more steam and kept pressure up during runs, and >>> for a bonus almost doubled run times. Radiant burner construction was >> very >>> easy. Tools? Tin snips, a round tube like a pen or chop stick to form the >>> canopy, and needle nose pliers. >>> >>> >>> >>> If weather is cold enough and the burner is butane, a propane/butane mix >> gas >>> like Gaz should bring more fuel to the fire. >>> >>> >>> >>> Out of ideas, >>> >>> Gary - aka Terror Trestle guy >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/user/scudding >>> >>> http://community.webshots.com/user/raltzenthor >>> >>> http://www.angelfire.com/or/trainguy/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>> From: sslivesteam-boun...@postfix.45mm.com >>> >>> [mailto:sslivesteam-boun...@postfix.45mm.com] On Behalf Of Gerd Neumann >>> >>> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 10:02 AM >>> >>> To: Small-scale live steam discussions >>> >>> Subject: Re: [SSLiveSteam] insulating my boiler >>> >>> >>> >>> Dear Bert, >>> >>> >>> >>> you might be right. But I have tried several postions of the burner and I >>> can´t see a leak were I waste steam. >>> >>> Do you have an idea how to test it? Any suggestions are really welcome!! >>> >>> I´d be really happy about continous running of 10 minutes! >>> >>> >>> >>> Yours >>> >>> >>> >>> Gerd >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: >> http://postfix.45mm.com/pipermail/sslivesteam/attachments/20101031/5d249456/attachment.html >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SSLiveSteam mailing list >>> Send messages: SSLiveSteam@postfix.45mm.com >>> Cancel subscription: >> http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam >>> Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> SSLiveSteam mailing list >> Send messages: SSLiveSteam@postfix.45mm.com >> Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam >> Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://postfix.45mm.com/pipermail/sslivesteam/attachments/20101101/fcdeda00/attachment.html > _______________________________________________ > SSLiveSteam mailing list > Send messages: SSLiveSteam@postfix.45mm.com > Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam > Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html > _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: SSLiveSteam@postfix.45mm.com Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
