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From: Peter Foley
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: Aster Alisan wick prob
> we've been using methyl alcohol sold as gas line anti-freeze.
I've never heard of such a thing. And here I was, considering a move
to Canada. Forget it, buddy. :-)
Yellow may also signal the presence of sodium, which can be added
to impart a visible flame, as a safety precaution. Adding a
Hi Bruce
Can u please enlarge on 'brick wicks' for me please. This is one I have
never heard of before!
Many thanks
Sam Evans
Bruce Gathman wrote:
>
> Been watching this tread and finally have a comment.
>
> I have an Aster Alisan Shay and put brick wicks in it with
> John "Mr. Brick Wicks"
Hi guys,
What hasn't been mentioned, but perhaps should be, is the issue of the
quality of the meths. My only experience with US-made denatured alcohol is
the stuff in use at Diamondhead. It was terrible - high water content and
all sorts of other chemicals dissolved in it. Here, north of th
Been watching this tread and finally have a comment.
I have an Aster Alisan Shay and put brick wicks in it with
John "Mr. Brick Wicks" Garrett's help last fall and the fuel
supply was turned down from a full turn open to at most
one-quarter turn open to keep up good steam. The fire was
nice and h
Thanks again Phil,
I run on my yard track (see url below).
I use a small round mirror on the end of a handle to view the flame.
Your description of high blue flame is what I thought should exist.
Now I have to find a way to make the flame assume the hot color!
My alcohol was dyed with two red drop
Gary,
Although your problem is now solved, have you considered trying the
firebrick wicks that was discussed on this list a while back? At the very least,
they're a lot of fun to experiment with.
To answer your question, I think (not sure) that in the reference section of
southernsteamtra
I'm not the alkie expert some are. My one and only alkie burner is a
WADA -A5A Reading Camelback. I tried some soft fire brick to make "wicks"
out of with questionable results. I went back to Wada's wicks which were
made from a soft ceramic sheet layered with fine mesh stainless steel. I
trimmed m
Hi Phil,
Your Diagnosis seems right on.
Do you have any advice about how to pack wicks and how to trim wicks?
I noticed Aster catalogue shows both domed and flat top wicks.
The wicks came packed about 80 strands to a tube and the fire would go out.
I removed all but 36 wicks and the flame remains
Hi Gary
That's excellent.
I'd be glad to know what they are asking for their Shay - I probably could
not afford it at the moment though
Jim Gregg.
At 11:28 AM 2/6/03 -0800, you wrote:
Jim,
You nailed it on the head. I get SSL chats in lump form, so I got your
advice after the fact.
Incidentally
Jim,
You nailed it on the head. I get SSL chats in lump form, so I got your
advice after the fact.
Incidentally, I know of another Aster Alisan Shay for sale here in Eugene,
Since I have informed the seller that I bought this one for less than they
had their loco priced, they immediately cried, "Oh
I don't have experience with the Alisan Shay, but I have alcohol
fired engines. After following Jim Greggs advise, check to see
that the tubing from the alcohol tank sump to the wick burner is
not drooped down or pushed up. Try to keep it as level as possible.
I know from experience, that when
Hi Gary.
Been there done that with LOTS of meths fired locos.
The air vent from the sump to the fuel tank is the key to these "Chicken
Feeder" systems. Most early Aster had a short vent pipe sticking down to
the sump. You are meant to fit a section of plastic pipe to this to extend
it downwa
I'm assuming that you are talking about adjusting the fuel level by
adjusting the height of the pickup tube inside the tank. If that tube is
too high it won't pick up the fuel, if it's too low the alcohol will over
flow the top of the wick holding tubes under the engine. This latter
condition will
I just got my new Alisan shay.
Fuel was running out of the overflow hole. I made sure the fuel cap was on
correctly and it still leaked. I added about 1/4" of rubber tubing to the
tube that regulates fuel level, which stopped the leak.
The wicks would not hold a flame. The wicks arrived 15mm long
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