Water for our locos

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Water for our locos

Post by steamer68 » Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:33 pm

With me being new to this hobby is it best to use destilled water or am I able to the water from a kettle which has been boiled for our boilers. Any advice will be greatly accepted.
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Re: Water for our locos

Post by Busted Bricks » Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:20 pm

Boil it for a bit, then run it through a filter (paper coffee filter should do). That will separate out the limescale.

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Re: Water for our locos

Post by steamer68 » Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:27 pm

Thanks Busted Bricks for replying to my question that's easy enough done. :thumbleft:
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Re: Water for our locos

Post by tom_tom_go » Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:19 pm

Roundhouse provide good advice regarding water usage in live steam locos:

http://www.roundhouse-eng.com/tech.htm#water

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Re: Water for our locos

Post by CVLR » Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:49 pm

I live in a very hard water area, the chalk hills of West Dorset, so filtered rain water does for me. :D
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Re: Water for our locos

Post by steamer68 » Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:40 pm

We have a small de humidifier so I will be using the water that collects in the tank from that at least I have a safe source of water which I can bottle up for further steam ups. :thumbleft:
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Re: Water for our locos

Post by Lonsdaler » Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:34 am

steamer68 wrote: Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:40 pm We have a small de humidifier so I will be using the water that collects in the tank from that at least I have a safe source of water which I can bottle up for further steam ups. :thumbleft:
Just watch out for other contaminants like fluff and hair! :roll:
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Re: Water for our locos

Post by Big Jim » Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:38 am

Dehumidified water, strained through a pair of the wife's tights is what I use. (It is best to remove the legs from the tights first.)
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Re: Water for our locos

Post by Lonsdaler » Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:40 am

Big Jim wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:38 am Dehumidified water, strained through a pair of the wife's tights is what I use. (It is best to remove the legs from the tights first.)
Doesn't that leave 2 very large holes? Or did you mean... :lol:
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Post by tom_tom_go » Fri Dec 01, 2017 11:44 am

Ah, tights and railways always seem to crop up.

I use a pair with a hoover to pick up scatter material that has not glued properly so it can be reused.

Again, best to ask the owner of tights first before using and then keeping forever in your toolbox somewhere and then you get funny looks from people who you help out with tools later on in life...

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Re: Water for our locos

Post by River Lin » Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:00 pm

Hi all.
I use filtered (3 paper coffee filters together) rainwater. To start with i had trouble collecting enough at any one time but one evening i left out in the garden 3 of those fold up garden chairs that you can pickup in Wilkos at 2 for £12. In the morning i had enough collected in the seats to filter and fill a 2L. Lemonade bottle. Job done.
Just keep it in a cool dark cupboard.
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Re: Water for our locos

Post by steamer68 » Fri Dec 01, 2017 1:30 pm

I will admit I quite like the idea of using tights :lol:
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