[SEL] Factory Hot Tube Ignition

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Arnie,
    The timed hot tube has a mechanism that allows the red hot tube to 
be exposed to the cylinder at a specific time.  This can be accomplished 
by the tube being located in a separate chamber connected with a valve 
of sorts that would allow the chamber to be exposed to the cylinder at a 
specific time.  I've never had one apart and perhaps some of our folks 
from across the water can give us specifics if they have.

Tommy Turner



fero_ah at city-net.com wrote:

>Hi Tommy,
>
>I KNEW I could count on you!!  8-))
>
>When you say a "timed hot tube" are you referring to the sort of rig I've seen
>in England where the burner & chimney clamp to a parallel rod and can be moved
>up and down to change where the hot spot is on the hot tube thus affecting the
>timing?
>
>See ya,  Arnie
>
>Quoting Judge Tommy Turner <lcjudge at scrtc.com>:
>
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>
>>Arnie,
>>    Here's some that are out in the shed:
>>
>>IHC (the early "Horizontal" models and then the Famous models)
>>White Middleton
>>Olds (Gearless model's both upright and horizontals)
>>Weber
>>Crossley (early models, some had a timed hot tube, both horizontal and 
>>uprights had hot tubes)
>>Stickney (Jr. model and early horizontals)
>>Charter
>>Foos
>>Temple Inverted
>>
>>Others that I don't have (but I'm looking for!):
>>
>>Backus
>>Bauer (early)
>>    
>>
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