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GMillerDRG

December 18, 2017 02:36PM

Registered: 6 years ago
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Often, the big flap valve in the tower will stick open for a couple seconds and up to several minutes before it closes, hence the reason for the overflow of water. I have seen, in hot weather, the fireman overflow the tank on purpose to cool the tender water down for the injectors. You can see he let go of the rope prior to it overflowing thoough. The oxygen scavenger helps slow the boilers metallic corrosion by removing the boiler water derived oxygen.

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Taking water - questions about certain practices	kcsivils	December 18, 2017 02:25PM
Re: Taking water - questions about certain practices	GMillerDRG	December 18, 2017 02:36PM
Re: Taking water - questions about certain practices	Tom Moungovan	December 18, 2017 03:32PM
Re: Taking water - questions about certain practices	Earl	December 18, 2017 04:58PM
Re: Taking water - questions about certain practices	Russo Loco	December 18, 2017 07:45PM
Re: Taking water - questions about certain practices	AZfarmer	December 18, 2017 10:56PM
Re: Taking water - questions about certain practices	dthom8787	December 19, 2017 02:49PM
Re: Taking water - questions about certain practices	Kelly Anderson	December 19, 2017 04:51PM
Re: Taking water - questions about certain practices	Jim Grigsby	December 19, 2017 03:40PM

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