Reliable Steam Engine Co.
Accessories
Office: 541-528-3380
Hours: (9am - 5pm PST)
The time here in Oregon is
Sun, Nov 24
3:21:03 AM -- PST
The Office Is:
You can still order online
We also accept
Our 15-40HP V-4 in action, plans $50.00
[All Accessories] [AC.06]
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Water and / or scale may be carried over in the steam from the boiler. Either can be
extremely hard on the engine, causing premature wear and breakage. In a drum type boiler
this is easy to control, but not with a monotubular design.
For use with our Monotube Boilers and can be constructed from readily available components. Rated to 1,000psi. |
Why a Scale Trap?
Humphrey Bogart in the African Queen (1951) kicking the boiler to keep things going.
BTW:
All that could be doing, other than providing a Movie Moment, is
busting up collected scale and sediment in the boiler, and that's a bad idea,
really, as the scale would then move on into the engine! Bad. Very bad!
busting up collected scale and sediment in the boiler, and that's a bad idea,
really, as the scale would then move on into the engine! Bad. Very bad!
Best not to get the Scale and Junk in there in the first place!
Still, a Memorable Movie Moment.
May you never have to kick your boilers to keep them happy!
Recommendations, that go along with...
Unknown product... | Steam Boiler 15 - 40HP Ofeldt  Plans $40.00 USD | Unknown product... | Steam Boiler 15-40HP Monotube Boiler  Plans $40.00 USD | Steam Boiler 50-125HP Monotube Boiler  Plans $40.00 USD |
* All plans are "shipped" electronically, as PDF files.
If you do not have a PDF reader (software to let you look at, even print, a PDF) you can go to
adobe.com (never use a PDF reader that wasn't made by adobe, the inventors of PDF), or click
here: the One True Adobe PDF Reader - Download.
(Personally, we would turn off their "free offers" prior to clicking the download button [those are for non-Adobe products], but that's your call.)
BTW: "PDF" stands for Portable Document Format. It's just a secure way (the secure way, actually) to move documents around electronically.
(Personally, we would turn off their "free offers" prior to clicking the download button [those are for non-Adobe products], but that's your call.)
BTW: "PDF" stands for Portable Document Format. It's just a secure way (the secure way, actually) to move documents around electronically.
HP (in this context) means Horse Power.
(Of course you know that; just being thorough.) It's a unit of power equal to 550
foot-pounds per second
or 735.5 (or 746 -- believe it not, opinions vary)
watts, and is the usual
measure of the amount of work an engine can do.
Oddly enough, not that closely related to the amount of work a Horse can do! (Go figure.)
See Does one horsepower really equal the power of one horse? (at www.carkeys.co.uk) for more information on that subject.
Oddly enough, not that closely related to the amount of work a Horse can do! (Go figure.)
See Does one horsepower really equal the power of one horse? (at www.carkeys.co.uk) for more information on that subject.
