tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post5195611176952864688..comments2023-06-17T06:59:05.555-05:00Comments on Target: Babies in Open.<br> Fire For Effect.: Fires Lighted, 1A BoilerComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-31053369008504454822012-01-12T17:25:49.746-06:002012-01-12T17:25:49.746-06:00If you are interested, you can look at the Fletche...If you are interested, you can look at the Fletcher/Sumner/Gearing class auxiliary exhaust layout on page 124 at the address below. Scroll down.<br /><br />http://www.hnsa.org/doc/destroyer/steam/sec08.htm<br /><br />The diagram showing the SSTG exhaust to either condenser is most clear for engine room #2 on the left. I imagine you did not even have a valve between your SSTG and its condenser.W Tonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03361589255082240510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-68051435086907061062012-01-11T20:26:29.433-06:002012-01-11T20:26:29.433-06:00I get it. And because they were not switchable, t...I get it. And because they were not switchable, the SSTGs could not be isolated from the aux condensers, hence the aux condensers could not be used at all until you could roll an SSTG. Thanks.W Tonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03361589255082240510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-70770952993367661522012-01-11T20:15:34.771-06:002012-01-11T20:15:34.771-06:00The diagram only shows the main condenser, but yes...The diagram only shows the main condenser, but yes, the SSTGs had their own condensers. That is why it was so important to get at least one SSTG rolling so that aux exhaust could be cut into the SSTG's condenser.<br /><br />On the 1200# plants, the SSTG's exhaust went into their own condensers, not to the main condenser. They were not switchable.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-4751307702758675862012-01-11T19:49:27.361-06:002012-01-11T19:49:27.361-06:00Question here. I'm not a snipe, just an engine...Question here. I'm not a snipe, just an engineer with a naval history fixation. I've seen diagrams and procedures for WWII-era plants that have auxiliary condensers. The SSTGs could be aligned to the auxiliary condensers or to the main condensers. You seem to describe a system only with main condensers. It seems to me that those aux condensers would solve the open-loop problem. The aux exhaust could be fed to the aux condensers without involving the SSTGs at all. Am I missing something?W Tonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03361589255082240510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-48197646574386939362008-03-12T21:02:00.000-05:002008-03-12T21:02:00.000-05:00Not a lot, but this is a new blog. And it's prett...Not a lot, but this is a new blog. And it's pretty specialized.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-54054168966272390372008-03-12T20:21:00.000-05:002008-03-12T20:21:00.000-05:00Beautiful! I don't know how much traffic you're ge...Beautiful! I don't know how much traffic you're getting for this stuff, but you can count me as one fascinated reader!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com