[modeleng] Re: Stainless Steel Boilers
- From: Mike Leahy <heisler9-modeleng2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:43:38 +0100
For UK listees
As far as the UK is concerned, under the insurance cover most of us operate
there is nothing to prevent one operating a stainless steel boiler; it's
just that club boiler inspectors are not permitted to test them under our
test code. So if you wish to operate a stainless steel boiler you will have
to get it tested commercially.
Harry Wade summed it up succinctly;
> The bigger issue is stress corrosion cracking. The initial and
> continued measures necessary to make a welded SS boiler predictably safe in
> the long term is well beyond the amatuer.
The average club boiler just does not have the facilities to test the boiler
or the knowledge to make a valid decision about its forward life.
--
Regards
Mike Leahy
South Ockendon, UK
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