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The pump worked well!!! But I noticed some little seep around the fumes duct and around one bush...The batteries of my camera where out of order...so no pics..Sorry!! Tomorrow I have to be againe onto silver soldering.. :'( :'( :'(
Finally at fourth silver soldering attempt ALL known seeps were eliminated...
After 25 minutes the pressure ,10 bars at beginning, reached 2 bars stabilized....But
Moving the boiler I discovered that water amount!!!!
The seep is into the funnel but quite impossible to localize it....Could I use that boiler maybe under pressure limitation?..Please give me your advice...
After 25 minutes the pressure ,10 bars at beginning, reached 2 bars stabilized....But
Moving the boiler I discovered that water amount!!!!
The seep is into the funnel but quite impossible to localize it....Could I use that boiler maybe under pressure limitation?..Please give me your advice...
Paolo,
My Friend. First you MUST find the source of the leak.
A leaky pipe fitting to the pump or gauge is one thing. Those are easy to fix
But with ANYTHING else it would be fool hardy to try to operate under steam. It must be repaired.
For your own safety, "Good Enough" doesn't cut it.
I would be glad to help you in any way I can as I am sure many others here would also, But please lets do it right.
Based on the puddle, I would look carefully at the bottom tube sheet or otherwise known as the crown sheet. I would appear that one of the joints is leaking. Be diligent and look carefully.
A Concerned Sincere Friend,
Dave
My Friend. First you MUST find the source of the leak.
A leaky pipe fitting to the pump or gauge is one thing. Those are easy to fix
But with ANYTHING else it would be fool hardy to try to operate under steam. It must be repaired.
For your own safety, "Good Enough" doesn't cut it.
I would be glad to help you in any way I can as I am sure many others here would also, But please lets do it right.
Based on the puddle, I would look carefully at the bottom tube sheet or otherwise known as the crown sheet. I would appear that one of the joints is leaking. Be diligent and look carefully.
A Concerned Sincere Friend,
Dave
Palo,
Follow Dave's advice. I built a Boiler from PM Research and in the instructions they have a big WARNING do not try to operate boiler if it has any leaks they must be repaired. If there is a little leak, when you bring up the steam, you'll have a little steam powered rocket flying around your shop
I had a leak in mine also. I went through every solder joint with the torch and reflowed all the joints and the leak was gone.
Tony
Follow Dave's advice. I built a Boiler from PM Research and in the instructions they have a big WARNING do not try to operate boiler if it has any leaks they must be repaired. If there is a little leak, when you bring up the steam, you'll have a little steam powered rocket flying around your shop
I had a leak in mine also. I went through every solder joint with the torch and reflowed all the joints and the leak was gone.Tony
Thanks a lot my friends...I'll follow your advice... :bow: :bow: :bow: Is quite impossible to reflow all the joints of the cross water tube into funnel! I'm thinking to remove the upper plate and the entire funnel!! Doing that with caution maybe I can save the body and the lover plate. If that works I'll save work time and money!! So I have to rebuilt a new funnel and new top plate!! I have now a really professional torch for the next silver soldering session!!! I learned..it!!!!!!! ??? ???
