Re: check valve
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RE: check valve
Mike, The check valve came from Regner or was it Repenger. The two sound very much alike and do colaborate. One is in Germany the other in Austria I believe. It has METRIC threads and todate I do not think Tom at SS has a metric thread checkvalve. Check with him however. You have their e-mail. If not holler. Mine does not leak but who is to know what it will do next week How was the trip??? NOel Original Message Follows From: mike peterlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: sslivesteam@colegroup.com To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam Subject: check valve Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:39:56 -0500 Hey Noel, I have a question for you. Does your check valve stop all steam from leaking out, or does it just act as a brake. Mine leaks; I took it all apart, cleaned it and put it back on, but it still leaks. Did it come from Sulpher springs, and if so, do you know the part no? Trying to get that Regner pump to work, and was curious about that check valve. Mike
Re: Check valve lift.
> > So you ARE doing better. First time in years ? Kinda like your first > time again ? > > royce in SB Hi Royce, Yup, I can actually say that they haven't cut anything off of me, or filled me with new pills in quite a while, and I am feeling about 1,000% better than I have in years! In fact, they've reduced some of the medications I live on, and I've lost 20 lbs since, along with some exercise and diet changes. Getting out and running a live steam locomotive was just the vitamins I needed to complete the "cure." A good dose of "Live Steam Vitamins" is always the best medicine! Keith
Re: Check valve lift.
Keith Taylor wrote: the three of them did a lot of research of such matters as the optimal lift of check valves, area of the safety valve seat as a function of grate size. Even the area of the exhaust nozzle to the swept volume of the cylinders. This would be great info for the scratch builder. Please let us know if you find the articles. In Martin Evans text on designing Model Steam locomotives, he mentions figures that rage from 1/8 th the diameter of the ball, to one third the diameter of the ball depending on the use it is put to. Hand pumps using the middle size lift, steam pumps using the smallest, and injectors the largest! Must be quite a job to make up al those different lift check valves, and then keep them straight as to which service they will be used in! Keith Taylor Jefferson, Maine P.S. Over the weekend, . . . I actually ran one of my steam locomotives, the first that has happened in several years now! So you ARE doing better. First time in years ? Kinda like your first time again ? royce in SB
