Automatic Steam & Gas regulators?

[crash93]

Does anybody have a link or address to the supplier of the yellow gas regulator.?

Peter

[Bierjunge]

Does anybody have a link or address to the supplier of the yellow gas regulator.

Modellbau Laspe
Lingeweg 5
D-41472 Neuss-Holzheim
Tel. 02131/461991
Fax 02131/462802

[crash93]

thanks for that , they dont have a web site by any chance do they

peter

[Bierjunge]

thanks for that , they dont have a web site by any chance do they

No, but I can give you his email address (if you ask me via pm). I don't want to publish email adresses on the web without having asked the owner.

Regards, Moritz

[crash93]

Thank you

Peter

[Monahan Steam Models Inc.]

Hankwilliams mentioned that he was experience a possible fouling of his regulator from dirty gas.

I definitely agree with Derek that the gas is filtered.

However I suspect there might be a residue accumulating on the internal surfaces.

I have noticed a similar fouling occurring while using small burner jets such as a No. 5.

Usually this can be easily cleaned with warm water or alcohol.

Has anyone else had any experiences with this?

[steamboatmodel]

Every once in a while the nozzle (jet) on my burner plugs up. I have a very fine wire probe (that came with a propane lantern that I had picked up) this usually clear it up. I don't know where the material comes from that causes the blockage, but a number of the guys running the Garden Railroads are now putting a model gas filter in there setup.
Regards,
Gerald

[crash93]

 the gas board use Acetone (or did) to clean Jets in the uk I have tried it, just drop the jet in a gar and leave a few hours, it removes any deposits, you can get a coating that looks like a lacquer on them and it removes that. and  without sticking bits of wire in them that distroys the jet. just a quick blow with an air line at the end

[derekwarner_decoy]

Hi PD's.....from school  we were taught.....Natural gas and LP Gas are colourless and odourless. .... LP Gas consists of propane and/or butane. Propane (C3H8) contains three carbon atoms and eight ......and is totally [water] moisture free

What they didn't teach was that to ensure safety....an additive.....[in OZ called Skunk gas] was added....& secondly a water fluid mist is added to keep piplene joints from drying out

So the 70/30 gas mix we purchase in cannisters must have at least the safety Skunk gas additive.....however I am still stumped  on what is blocking your gas jets or regulator function...certainly the maufacturers.... ANTON nor JMC mentioned any functional issues prior to my V71 purchase

Has anyone contacted  Modellbau Laspe - Lingeweg 5 & discussed the technical problems you are experiencing?

[Bierjunge]

So the 70/30 gas mix we purchase in cannisters must have at least the safety Skunk gas additive.....however I am still stumped  on what is blocking your gas jets or regulator function...

I personally would fear more that cinders or oxide flakes could be left inside of copper gas pipes from soldering, gradually become loose and move with the gas, than impurities already delivered with the gas. But you never know...

On the other hand, REGNER tells in their catalogue that the filling valve of their gas tanks would refuse to let gas in from time to time, in which cases it needs to be dismantled to lubricate the O-rings with vaseline. So deterioration of function could also be a matter of lubrication being washed away by the gas.

Regards, Moritz

[steamboatmodel]

I was talking to a chap that I used to work with doing  Hydraulic/pneumatic work in the past, and he reminded me how offten we had to change filters when starting up a new system. Remembering this I strongly suspect that the contamination is coming from our piping and fittings.
Regards,
Gerald