The Steamboating Forum

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 o...

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 I ...