[Steam-engine] Small hand hole plates

[Spencer Yost]

OK, I didn't realize we were talking about reasonably small amounts.   The
posts on cleaning mud had lead me to believe there were large quantities
that needed to be cleaned our fairly frequently, which in turn led me to
believe it had to be coming from somewhere beside the water source.

Thanks!

Spencer Yost
Owner, ATIS
Plow the Net!
http://www.atis.net

*********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********

On 1/28/2005 at 12:11 PM Andrew wrote:

>Spencer,
>Mud, dirt and possibly other minerals get into the boiler through the
>water supply. Even if the water looks clear it can still carry small
>amounts. I do have well water, and I keep my water tanks clean. If the
>water is clean you have to run alot of water through it before your start
>noticing mud. I run my engine all summer and only cleaned it out twice and
>it wasn't that dirty.
>Andrew.
>
>>From Andrew at
>tech at andrew2.netpluscom.com
>engineering at andrew2.netpluscom.com
>b10730 at hotmail.com
>
>Visit the website at http://www.netpluscom.com/~10730/
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/andrew/
>
>On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Spencer Yost wrote:
>
>> OK, I'm totally ignorant about steam engines:  How in the world does mud
>> get in a boiler?  ( I understand a little scale, a touch of dirt if you
>use
>> well water, but mud???   Y'all will have to explain it to me).
>>
>> Spencer Yost
>> Owner, ATIS
>> Plow the Net!
>> http://www.atis.net
>>
>> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>>
>> On 1/28/2005 at 11:09 AM Andrew wrote:
>>
>> >How often do ya'll clean out the mud in your engines? Quite a bit of
the
>> >mud seems to collect up near the front tube sheet on mine...
>> >
>> >>From Andrew at
>> >tech at andrew2.netpluscom.com
>> >engineering at andrew2.netpluscom.com
>> >b10730 at hotmail.com
>> >
>> >Visit the website at http://www.netpluscom.com/~10730/
>> >http://www.oldengine.org/members/andrew/
>> >
>> >
>> >_______________________________________________
>> >Steam-engine mailing list
>> >http://www.stationary-engine.com/mailman/listinfo/steam-engine
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Steam-engine mailing list
>> http://www.stationary-engine.com/mailman/listinfo/steam-engine
>>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Steam-engine mailing list
>http://www.stationary-engine.com/mailman/listinfo/steam-engine