I can tell you that they start to smell like roasting electronics when the
water gets too low... I shut it down then, it had been running out of
power and I couldn't figure out why turning up the heat made little
difference. Oh but if I had years more experience! ;]
Not helpful, but I won't forget that part of the steamup process again!
=)
Trot, the hot-fingered, fox...
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Harry Wade wrote:
> At 10:55 AM 8/20/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Now for your next act maybe a display showing the results of destructive
> >tests performed on 2" x 8" center flue butane boilers. One that the safety
> >didn't work, another that the boiler was run dry....
> >Jim
>
> Re your second suggestion, I predict the outcome of that one. If a
> boiler can be run dry, meaning all available water converted to steam, that
> implies there is an escape route for the steam. If there's no more water
> to turn to steam, and the escape route remains open, there can be no danger
> or damage from accumulated pressure. The problem in that case would be
> excess heat which would affect paint, radio gear, washers, o-rings,
> gaskets, soft solder construction, white metal fittings, and fingers. The
> basic boiler structure would be essentially unaffected.
>
> Cheers,
> Harry
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