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ron barr

Mon, Apr 23, 2007 1:11 PM

SNIP:I use a 1 liter laboratory wash bottle filled with diesel to
hose the entire housing down and clean all that stuff out. If you haven't
used one of these, it's a polyethylene bottle with a very fine nozzle at the

top."

Yes this makes sense to me rather than disassembling the entire thing.
However why couldn't I just use compressed air say at about 80 psi or so?
Any thoughts?

Feedback from several listees on this much appreciated.

Ron Barr
Lady Brookhaven Hatteras LRC 42
Presently Lying Newport RI
KB1LFX

SNIP:I use a 1 liter laboratory wash bottle filled with diesel to hose the entire housing down and clean all that stuff out. If you haven't used one of these, it's a polyethylene bottle with a very fine nozzle at the top." Yes this makes sense to me rather than disassembling the entire thing. However why couldn't I just use compressed air say at about 80 psi or so? Any thoughts? Feedback from several listees on this much appreciated. Ron Barr Lady Brookhaven Hatteras LRC 42 Presently Lying Newport RI KB1LFX

K

Keith

Mon, Apr 23, 2007 1:21 PM

That sounds like a mess... where would the air go? If you blew it into the
housing from the top, a tiny bit would exit at the bottom, but most of the
"stuff" would blow back out the top. If you had some sort of tube that you
could put down into the lower housing, it might work, but you'd still need
to rinse the crud out.

Keith

Half of preventing a boating collision is you knowing what you're doing --
the other half is that he knows what you're doing.
----- Original Message -----
From: "ron barr" rwhb@msn.com

Yes this makes sense to me rather than disassembling the entire thing.
However why couldn't I just use compressed air say at about 80 psi or so?
Any thoughts?

That sounds like a mess... where would the air go? If you blew it into the housing from the top, a tiny bit would exit at the bottom, but most of the "stuff" would blow back out the top. If you had some sort of tube that you could put down into the lower housing, it might work, but you'd still need to rinse the crud out. Keith _____ Half of preventing a boating collision is you knowing what you're doing -- the other half is that he knows what you're doing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ron barr" <rwhb@msn.com> > > Yes this makes sense to me rather than disassembling the entire thing. > However why couldn't I just use compressed air say at about 80 psi or so? > Any thoughts?

LL

LA Licata

Mon, Apr 23, 2007 2:30 PM

Ron and the list,

I would be worried about the atomization of the diesel fuel
particles, their ingestion, and their inhalation, as well as their
collection.

At my last nuclear power plant, we used clean oil to clean filters,
housings, etc...

Lee

On 23 Apr 2007, at 16:11, ron barr wrote:

...However why couldn't I just use compressed air say at about 80 psi
or so?
Any thoughts?

Ron and the list, I would be worried about the atomization of the diesel fuel particles, their ingestion, and their inhalation, as well as their collection. At my last nuclear power plant, we used clean oil to clean filters, housings, etc... Lee On 23 Apr 2007, at 16:11, ron barr wrote: ...However why couldn't I just use compressed air say at about 80 psi or so? Any thoughts?

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