Re: anybody tryied depotting NST with steam?

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Original poster: "Bob Bozarth by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jbdetails-at-prodigy-dot-net>

    Water boils at 212º, which is when it turns to steam. Steam can then be
continued to be heated to temperatures well above 500º. To maintain that
temperature it would need to be under pressure (Ice, Ice Baby) like you
said. As it escapes an orifice, like those steam cleaners you see on tv
commercials, it maintains most of the heat. With the combined steam and
pressure from a nozzle of some sort, I think it would work quite well. A
commercial product may not be sufficient, but a homebrewed contraption could
be.
    As for the water in the windings... I'm not sure what the effects would
be. Good thing water evaporates!

    Bob Bozarth
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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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Joseph,
  Although you have an innovative idea, I don't know that steam, without
being
under pressure can get hot enough to liquify tar.  I will soften it for
sure,
but don't know that it will do what you wish within a reasonable amount of
time.  I 'hot roofed' houses for a summer job while in college. we heated
the
tar up to about 500ºF to get it liquid.  Steam can only get up to 212º
without
being in a pressure vessel.
Mike

>
> Has anybody tried to melt the tar out with steam?
>
> I'm hopeing for a price drop (its about ~150$ now)
> before I get one and try it myself.
>
> any input?
> -Joseph Gallo
>
>