17 Jun
2015
17 Jun
'15
12:26 p.m.
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 10:53:33PM +0200, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 04:53:01PM +0000, tony duell
wrote:
No but I would put an electric heater in a steam engine if it meant
restoration would progress faster.
(yes, feel free to lecture me how big that heater would have to be...)
That has been done before for production purposes. I kid you not.
Happened in Switzerland during WW2. Due to the war, coal was a bit in short
supply, but Switzerland already back then had plenty of (hydro-) electric
power, including on the railway grid. So they converted a few steam
locomotives to steam-electric by replacing the firebox with electric
heaters. IIRC it was only a few locomotives and they were mostly used
for shunting work.
Kind regards,
Alex.
--
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
I also think it is in the spirit of the computer
- using what is available
to fix a problem at hand. I think the arduino was overkill when an attiny
(smaller, easier to hide) would probably serve just as well.
Would you put plastic handles on a piecc of antique furniture? Would you
make the seatboard for an antique longcase clock from MDF?
Both are easily reversable, BTW.