steam engine

[parnold]

I would think the sludge that would need to be cleaned up after the water evaporates would be more bothersome than just dumping the gray water at an acceptable dump station.

[droid_ca]

dumping it is an option but I have the tendancy to go camping for a month at a time and just thought that every little bit would help for reducing the weight cause I can always add more water to the system but removing it can be a pain so thats why I thought abought boiling it off

[angib]

Does it heat water for a pot of tea too?

As it was presented at the Great Dorset Steam Fair, it must do - I don't think they let non-tea-brewing steam vehicles in the grounds as it would bring shame on the whole event.

And to drift further off-topic, one feature I love of the immortal Deltic diesel-electric locomotive was that just inside the 'engine room' from the cab is an electric cooker/stove for the crew to 'brew up' on, since they were having to do without the steam boiler that all civilized locomotives had up until then.

And the Napier Deltic engine that gives that loco its name is one of the few that can sit alongside a good steam engine and be as interesting. Three cranks driving six opposing pistons in three cylinder bores. An excellent example of British engineering - a superb, if uneconomic, idea poorly developed....

[D.J.]

If only they could all be as refined as this . ..... D.J.