Sorry I forgot to answer your questions. The flame tube's (poker burner)life should not be affected because butane and propane burn at the same temp. (1500 degrees)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bede McCormack Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 6:34 PM To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam Subject: Re: Running Propane instead of butane Hi Chad, Any chance burning propane will shorten the life of the boiler, especially the "flame tube" the burner pokes into? Also, yes, very nice site. The video of your whistle seems to show an eccentric pump in the tender- is this a water pump? Any chance you'll post a short description of how you set this up? I've always wanted to do this on one of my locos and would welcome any ideas! Thanks, Bede McC. On Sunday, Nov 23, 2003, at 19:35 America/New_York, Chad R Schend wrote: > Hey Vance, > I'm glad you enjoyed the site and I hope to have more up soon. > I didn't have to modify anything except the tender with the tube. > The engine has never ran so good and only every now and then do I have > to > worry about the regulator getting cold. > I am running the jet with the bigger orifice I think but to be honest > I ran > them both and it didn't seem to make that big of a difference. What > did you > think of the site as a total? If you see something that I should > include or > change please let me know. > Chad > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Vance Bass > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 2:29 PM > To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam > Subject: Re: Running Propane instead of butane > > > Chad, nice work. There was an article many years ago in Garden > Railways by > a fellow > from Quebec who ran all his steamers on propane, with a trailer car > very > similar to > yours. He seemed very pleased with the results, and your experiences > sound > similarly > positive. > > I take it that you didn't make any modifications to the jet in the > burner? > How about the > air adjustment? > > regards, > -vance- > > Vance Bass > Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA > Small-scale live steam resources: http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass > > > >
