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komet163b

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Re: Empire No. 90 Restoration - Multiple Issues
« on: July 19, 2021, 10:08:37 am »
Good Morning from Brooklyn...

  Sorry to hear of your burned out heater.  Both my Empire B43 and 43 suffered
this fate.  I went with cartridge heaters as a solution.  I had 200watt heaters
laying around, so I used them.  A bit weak, but they both will run fast enough
satisfy me, especially after a fix.

  The 90 is a nice and simple engine.  You can drill a hole in the boiler and
use a cartridge heater - it has been done often enough.  Instead of drilling a
hole the boiler, I would try and nestle it just below the boiler.  Try to get
a heater of 300 watts.  When you place it up against the boiler add a couple
of iron (steel) pieces up against the heater on either side so so as to help
the heater dissipate the heat.  You could also wrap the heater in a moderate
guage baling wire to do the same.  If you don't do either the naked cartridge
will overheat, burn and go...incandescent.  Been there/done that.  Or, try the
Jensen heater solution.
  I've added a video link to my 90 running.  It's a bit tricky to adjust the
trunnion spring, but you'll get it going.



Good Luck,
Wayne
Wayne