"Inherited" a diesel (no name or numbers found) air driven loco bell on heavy wooden frame. What pressure should I put on it to safely ring it? I have a compressor capable of 100 PSI but can regulate it down to 0 PSI, so suppose I could start at 0 and turn up until something happens. But wondered what the range is for them.
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"Inherited" a diesel (no name or numbers found) air driven loco bell on heavy wooden frame. What pressure should I put on it to safely ring it? I have a compressor capable of 100 PSI but can regulate it down to 0 PSI, so suppose I could start at 0 and turn up until something happens. But wondered what the range is for them.
Locomotive air operated bells received operating air pressure from the main reservoirs, i.e. 135 to about 150 PSI.
Thanks Hot Water, now I won't worry damaging the mechanism as I can only get 100PSI, but that ought to at least slow ring the bell if the mechanism is usable.
It will ring at 100 psi but more slowly.
If it has a Prime air ringer, then the rate is adjustable.
Hi Tom,
Not sure what mechanism it has, but I put air to bell and increased the pressure until it rang....loudly (Note to my self, don't ring in a small hard surfaced room!
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Thanks.
If it has a Prime air ringer, then the rate is adjustable.
Not sure what a Prime air ringer is but I do remember shop staff changing some type of cartridge for a faulty bell??? does that make any sense??
If it has a Prime air ringer, then the rate is adjustable.
Not sure what a Prime air ringer is but I do remember shop staff changing some type of cartridge for a faulty bell??? does that make any sense??
Yes. What you describe is the cartridge that actually makes the clapper move to ring the bell, on the inside.
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