rockwool burner.mpg

Testing Idris with a conventional four wick tube burner. This is most satisfactory and less hazardous than the vapourising burner used for the last test..

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• garden
• railway;
• Idris;
• sm32;
• 16mm
• scale;
• live
• steam;
• narrow
• gauge

[DebenValleyLightRail]

She really is running most splendedly, so what were the addvantages and disadvantages of the vaporising and wick burners?

[quothick]

In both cases it is the meths vapour that burns. The vapourising burner can produce more vapour than a wick so provided you can get enough air should give more heat.

Idris does not really have enough firebox space to allow more vapour to burn.

My conclusion from these experiments is that four small flames spread around the firebox are better than two big ones either side.

[quothick]

I forgot to add; - I feel that spilling hot Meths is more likely with a vapourising burner than with closely packed wicks in a wick burner. Hence the wick burner has a safety advantage.

[snowypetrel]

So sweet and nicely done.

[muffelmeierheinrich]

Love the view at 1:11 and 1:50, wish I had a garden large enough for such nice layout.

Started on my Idris a year ago and working on it off and on again, really like your idea with the 4 wick burner.