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Steamers,
something tied to doing hydro testing.....

Under normal conditions, the feedwater chain-driven pump forces water back into the boiler from the hotwell. There is a checkvalve and a ball valve at the inlet of the boiler. If left closed, the feedwater pump builds up too much pressure and in ...

Hi steamboaters,
I sent this same question to the Yahoo steamboaters group, so sorry for any duplication.

I have a pinhole leak in a 1987 Semple VFT-40 vertical fire tube boiler, which was discovered during annual hydro pressure testing.

Photos of this are on the Yahho group site, and I'll see if ...