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meddyliol

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Running a Mamod on air
« on: July 26, 2019, 02:32:33 am »
Going back to my question earlier about running a steam engine on air. I have an adapter which screws into the whistle hole. I have read somewhere to NEVER run one like this. Surely that is what the safety valve is for? I don't know what pressure it opens at but it must open before the boiler explodes! I would have thought so anyway. Any further advice would be greatly appreciated before I cause some damage.

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Re: Running a Mamod on air
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2019, 02:49:10 pm »
Well the main bit of advice I would offer is to be sure the air source you are going to use in well regulated, such that there is no chance of putting any more than say 20-25 psi to it, 10-15 psi would likely be even better.
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Re: Running a Mamod on air
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2019, 03:15:28 pm »
Thanks, my tyre pump can be set to any pressure, when it reaches that it switches off. I can set it to say about 10-15 psi and see what happens.
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Re: Running a Mamod on air
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2019, 06:30:09 pm »
As per what Daniel stated, main thing is go easy and you'll be fine.
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Re: Running a Mamod on air
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2019, 01:19:24 am »
Cheers, will yet you know what happens  ;D
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