Jim is right. You never get to the perfect steady state boiler in gauge 1, at least with purely manual adjustments. However, it is my experience that after making the initial adjustments for current conditions I can run for about two or two and a half hours without any further adjustment. Even subsequent adjustments are no problem since I need to stop about every 40 to 50 minutes to refill the tender water tank. That two or or two and a half hours is about the most that I usually run at one time anyway. Then it's time to put everything away.
I don't generally have to top off the boiler when servicing after a run. I do need to add a little water to the boiler maybe every fourth run. What I seem to be saying is that in my experience the manual adjustments are satisfactory for rather short runs. It just complicates things to add automatic controls if you don't run for long peroids. However, if you want really long runs, say 8 to 10 hours, and you don't want to make adjustments ocassionally, then you need automatic control to be safe. Since you have to add extra fuel and water tanks and an oversize lubricator for longer runs, it shouldn't be that much more trouble to add auto control. Victor Lacy --- Original Message ----- From: "Alison & Jim Gregg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 12:55 AM Subject: Re: 360 Servo conversion [was: R/C question] > Hi All. > > While I agree with Victor on most of the points he makes, I think that the > concept of the "Steady State Boiler" is like the Unicorn - very attractive > but really a figment of the imagination - there ain't no sich > animal! There are just too many variables. You can cope in the ride on > scales, but in "G" scale, Gauge 1 etc. the concept doen't work. > > Jim Gregg. >
