Re: Source for high temp wire for headlight
Hi Mitch and All, I've had great luck for several years running my gas fired engine and having power for the "oil lamp". What I did was place the AA battery in the "firebox" with a switch, and ran the hot lead through a boiler fill/ clack valve into the smoke box. Then protected it with model airplane silicon tubing. Simple, Vic in CA - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 8:27 AM Subject: Source for high temp wire for headlight > Hi All, > > I want to run electric to my headlight from the RC in my cab. I'll run it on the bottom of the frame, and then up through the smokebox. I've seen Teflon and silicon insulated wire advertised as high temperature tolerant. The problem is, that no one here in Cincinnati carries it in stock. The sources I've found on the Internet want me to buy 100 feet. That's an awful lot of live steam loco headlights. Does anyone know of a source for this wire in smaller lengths? > > Thanks in advance, > Mitch Nearhood > > >
Re: Source for high temp wire for headlight
Just a thought what if the wire was bare and you bushed it through the smoke box with epoxy? Jon - Original Message - From: "Vance Bass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 8:39 AM Subject: Re: Source for high temp wire for headlight > Mitch, > > Sorry I can't help out with a source, but I can offer some health tips: > > > through the smokebox. I've seen > > Teflon and silicon insulated wire advertised as high temperature tolerant. > > You should not expose any thing made of Teflon to direct flame. It > produces a poisonus gas that will make you very unhappy. Through > the smokebox would be about the worst place imaginable to have > Teflon. I'd suggest running it through some brass tubing -- just big > enough to get the wire through -- and along the boiler jacket. This is > prototypical and keeps the Teflon and fire away from each other. > > regards, > -vance- > > Vance Bass > Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA > Small-scale live steam resources: http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass >
Re: Source for high temp wire for headlight
Mitch, Sorry I can't help out with a source, but I can offer some health tips: > through the smokebox. I've seen > Teflon and silicon insulated wire advertised as high temperature tolerant. You should not expose any thing made of Teflon to direct flame. It produces a poisonus gas that will make you very unhappy. Through the smokebox would be about the worst place imaginable to have Teflon. I'd suggest running it through some brass tubing -- just big enough to get the wire through -- and along the boiler jacket. This is prototypical and keeps the Teflon and fire away from each other. regards, -vance- Vance Bass Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Small-scale live steam resources: http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass
RE: Source for high temp wire for headlight
Mitch, Vance is correct in his recommendation. I have as well as others in the larger live steam scales run Teflon through brass tubing from steam generators to lights all over the engine. I have not had mine to fail in 30 years. BTW its 1:8 so is easy to handle, but DO NOT run through the smokebox. I did a search on ebay (I do not necessarily promote ebay but is a source for some things) and came up with the following 22ga teflon in 10 ft lengths on dutch auction currently running $1.20 -- here is a link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3284&item=3003676 429 I don't believe much time is left on this but I am sure he will off more later. Hope this helps, Jim Milne > I want to run electric to my headlight from the RC in my cab. > I'll run it on the bottom of the frame, and then up through > the smokebox. I've seen Teflon and silicon insulated wire > advertised as high temperature tolerant. The problem is, > that no one here in Cincinnati carries it in stock. The > sources I've found on the Internet want me to buy 100 feet. > That's an awful lot of live steam loco headlights. Does > anyone know of a source for this wire in smaller lengths? > > Thanks in advance, > Mitch Nearhood > > >
