>Congratulations Gerd!!!!
You did a fine job! Geoff. >Hi all, > >I just want to report my sucess: My loco is running fine now, without >any limitations. >Steve´s idea with the silicon tubing and Gary´s idea with diswashing >soap but showed no leaks. >But while doing some tests under steam at the current low temperatures >showed my a large cloud of steam coming out of the piston valve of the >right cylinder. -I made a new one and now there´s no steam coming out >anymore. >Additional to that I also discovered that my burner has much more power >when it´s connected to my large gas bottle. >-This shouldn´t be the case... >An advise from a german live-steam supllier (Herrmann-Echtdampf) showed >my, that I filled my gas tank the wrong way: >I do have a gas-filling system with a long flexible tubing between the >gas bottle and the tank. I put the tubing to the tank, opned the bottle >an waited a while before closing the valve of the bottle and removing >the things. In the procedure I only got gas into the tank, but no liquid >gas. >I changed this now and I do open the valve to the burner and wait until >liquid gas is coming out of the burner. Than the tank is really full. >(Should never stay in the sun for a longer time after that procedure!!) >And the bruner has really power. > >This is the first time I had to close the gas valve a little bit to stop >the savetey valve from blowing while running the loco. >I do not know how much my insulation added to the performance, but it >looks nice and it seems to make sense, so I leave it. > >Everything is solved, and we had really lot´s of fun with the loco in >the last three days. > >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 _______________________________________________ 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
