Steaming the Märklin 16051 model steam engine - Part 1

[calypso22]

Not made any more, I'm afraid.

Produced in 2004 with a very short production run.

They sometimes appear on eBay and go for about 1,000-1,500 Euros.

[theo1307tog]

is there any plce on the web i can buy one ? PLZ ?

[lexander5]

Very impressive Engine. I love those Märklins. Just one tip: Don't oil the engine's pistons tooo often because there often comes up very much compression when you activate the engine (especially Wilescos have this problems) you can also oil the engine during heating up so you don't have so much time to wait and doing nothing...

And-please-keep on making videos. They are so nice!

[calypso22]

Yes. That is steam oil I am using in the video.

[calypso22]

Ah, you were referring to the running gear. I prefer a lighter oil as steam oil tends to gum up on the cold-running parts of the engine.

[Bgee134]

Keep in mind the simple physics of pressure, vaccum and the effects it has on water's boiling point. Water boils at 212 F. For each PSI over atmospheric pressure, it will raise the boiling point 3 degrees F. Example: at 5 PSI the boiling point will be 227 F. 10 PSI would = 242 F and so on.....very nice engine too!

[francovance1]

Wonderfull engine..beautifully made-thank you for showing this.

[monero1965]

Hi Calypso

We could assume the boiler temperature is 100 c. So all we need to do is measure how much water the engine uses per hour or per half hour and calculate.

[monero1965]

Anyone can correct me if i am wrong please!

[monero1965]

1 boiler horsepower = 9809.5 watts

So you need to measure the temp of your water - should be boiling at 100c

next need to measure how much water the boiler uses per hour

Then we can calculate it using the formula

[monero1965]

Hi calypso,

If you could measure the heat of your fire box underneath the boiler with a good engineering thermometer, and you measured the rate of water evaporated per hour, we could measure the wattage or boiler horsepower.

34.5 pounds of water evaporated per hour at 212 degrees faranheit equals one boiler horsepower or 9809.5 watts (wikpedia: horsepower)

Converted to metric it is:

212 f = 100 c

34.5lb=15.648936765 litres

9809.5 Watts = 9809.5 joule/second

[monero1965]

Great video thanks for sharing this and part 2 as well. Have you measured the output of the engine in Newton/metres or joules?

[calypso22]

I read somewhere that the water pump should never be run dry for extended periods. I have now set up a small water tank to provide a continuous recirculation of water through the pump.

[rustydusters]

Could that nozzle on the feed pump discharge line actually be a recirculating line back to the feed water tank? Could you throttle the feed inlet valve on the boiler to recirc some of the pump discharge water back to the tank (via that nozzle) to maintain a constant level in the boiler? Is there feed water check valve on the boiler? Just ideas, thats an awesome little unit.

[OleTimeMachinest]

Excellent piece of craftsmanship......!!!

[Roler0301]

Wonderful video and a wonderful engine. You are very happy with it, arent you?

[Wilesco123]

wow thats brilliant great engine great video !

[chesterfield44]

That is a work of art, a fantastic engine, thx for the video

[calypso22]

Thanks Joe.

Part 2 should be up in a few minutes. :)

[TechnicusJoe]

very, very nice! cant wait until you next fine vid