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Post by havoc on Dec 19, 2009 13:50:30 GMT
I never said they were more accident prone Russell, just meant the regulations in France were not as strict. Do they have a set of rules like most other countries? I haven't heard/found anything.
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Post by Shawki Shlemon on Dec 20, 2009 9:54:18 GMT
Isc The super-heater is after the regulator valve and is only pressurized when the regulator is open , the amount of energy in it is very small compared to the boiler shell . If the pipe fails it will leak in the smoke box and may be in the fire box and kill the fire .This type of fault occurs every now and then , some were mentioned in this forum .Once the regulator closed the leak will stop .A small SS pipe is not to be compared to the whole boiler , don't get me wrong I am not totally against new materials , we have to see the justification for it and the benefits .
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Post by isc on Dec 20, 2009 10:42:41 GMT
What test equipment does a club boiler inspector have access to other than a pressure gauge,ie X-Ray, ultra-sound,or is it just visual.isc sorry if my questions are silly or trivial,you don't find out if you don't ask!
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Post by houstonceng on Dec 20, 2009 18:30:06 GMT
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Most club boiler inspectors have access to a pressure gauge, pump, mirror, kitchen towel and torch. In some instances, I have known them to be able to borrow a fibre-optic "scope" (sorry, don't know the propper name) which allows viewing inside a semi-closed vessel.
Inspection is visual for leaks - sometimes requiring the kitchenn towel to mop up spills and small weeps from blanking plgs, etc, once the boiler is presurised (hydraulic test) followed by an accumulation test to see that the safety valves work properly.
I presume that professional boiler inspectors would have access to X-Ray, ultra-sound, etc, but they too do visual checks and accumulation checks.
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Post by havoc on Dec 21, 2009 9:03:05 GMT
It's a "boroscope" you're looking for.
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Post by houstonceng on Dec 21, 2009 14:42:46 GMT
Thanks Havoc.
It thought it could have been a Sigmoidoscopy - but that's the medical term for looking up a certain nether part of one's anatomy.
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Post by weldsol on Dec 21, 2009 14:58:40 GMT
Or an endoscope . I know when we used to check small bore tubes for root run bead shape I always felt like a VET
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2009 11:15:28 GMT
Our colloquial term for the device used to look inside engines was a 'shuftiscope'.
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