Recent content by mk378

When wheel slip occurs, is the high rate of steam consumption enough to stop it due to lower pressure, or does the crew typically adjust something?

And they don't particularly care how much string they are using. Anytime the string hits something other than grass it is going to wear quickly.

It being only a show piece and not an everyday working locomotive, the oil conversion likely isn't very sophisticated and may even be tuned to make black smoke since that is what people expect to see.

It's not a "pad slap" if you do anything beyond slapping in new pads.

A major and very early innovation was to send spent steam to the base of the stack where it would help to move smoke out and induce draft through the firebox. This greatly increased how much power the boiler could produce. Stationary plants use a tall smokestack to do this passively which of...

A historically low river level would be informally described as "going dry." If the water level is too low for the water works to extract water from it, to a water consumer the river may as well be totally dry. Sort of the opposite of the old adage "once the water is over your head, it doesn't...

You're still closer to a window than someone in an aisle seat.

No, "hose only" typically means someone standing on the lawn with a nozzle in their hand. People hire neighborhood kids to do that.

This is with speakers disconnected? It looks like a bog-standard class AB push-pull amplifier. The NPN transistor (2SC number) pulls the speaker positive while the PNP (2SA number) pulls the speaker negative. Another part of the amp is a power converter that convers 12 volts from the vehicle...

Yeah, "draught" is beer from a keg, pronounced "draft." "Drought" is lack of rain.

The store actually does not care. "Senior" discounts are the same way. They will give it to anyone who asks without demanding proof. It is better than making a fuss and having to train the staff on exactly what does and does not qualify.

This is people who can't help but "top off" the fluid even though it is above the MIN line. The fluid should be at MAX with new pads and then normally it goes down toward MIN as the pads wear causing more fluid to stay in the calipers.

The original post is a case of "used car dealer lied to you," not "mechanic messed up." Who would actually change brake or diff fluid on a standard performance car with 20,000 miles? Unless it's been in a flood or something...

What part are you replacing? Fridge compressors typically come pre-filled with oil.

The cylinders on both sides of a steam locomotive are intentionally out of phase. This is necessary so that one side is in the middle of a power stroke while the other one is at dead center. Though the wheels do have a solid shaft between them there is still going to be a lot of alternating...