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Quote from: St Paul Steam on March 06, 2021, 08:00:08 pm

Quote from: Maxwell on March 06, 2021, 07:02:14 pm

I will take a short video clip on air too. This is the older great model with the controlling governor not like the new cheap dummy governor

I didnt know they made one with a functioning governor.

They didnīt steamwise Bruce...

But the old D32 has a mechanical connection from the governor to the RPM gauge, whereas the current version use an inductive magnetic proximity switch, which forwards its signal to the gauge...or so iīve heard, as i havenīt had the chance to inspect any of the new ones yet 

If my info stands true, i have no doubt that the later is more precise, but IMO loses quite a bit of the craftmanship feel, by jumping the fence at lowest point like that.

Ok , that makes sense , being knee deep in a D32 resto right now ,I can assure you that the inductive magnetic proximity switch is better, the mechanical lever just turns on a spring driven centrifugal force system, not very accurate at slow speeds & generally just for show.