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Re: The 100% perfect Jensen window seal.
« on: November 30, 2024, 09:44:31 am »
Quote from: Nick on November 30, 2024, 08:52:45 am
A single teflon gasket from Teflon sheet also makes a perfect seal. Doesn’t burning Teflon give off a deadly fume? Oliv on the Mamod forum has posted warnings about that…
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As long as your Jensen boiler never runs dry, the gaskets will never burn.
(not even the paper ones)
Steam pressure at 30 psi is about 274 degrees fahrenheit and not nearly hot enough to burn teflon or anything else except possibly our hands. At 500 F and higher, yes, teflon (used on nonstick cookware) will give noxious fumes. It would take steam pressure of 700 psi to get a temp over 500 F. 
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