You did a beautiful job on this old boy! Even got the right generator. A work of art indeed. Lots of hard work as these weren't made for easy disassembly. Thanks for sharing. Good luck with it.
I'm 61 and still have my Wilesco D9 from my childhood. Still runs great and I still find it fascinating that you can run an electric light with some water and a heat source. Mine runs on the Esbit Fuel tabs.
What a delightful video! I remember seeing this model in the FAO Schwarz toy catalog as a child (back in the sixties.) I thought, "If only..." Anyway, thanks for posting!
That power meter makes it painfully clear the efficiency of this machine was not the main focus. Putting in like 500 Watts to light up a 0.5 Watts light bulb. Luckily it makes up for it in fun factor. 🤪
Very interesting video. I have a D32 but never go round to steaming it. Is the purpose of the water pump wheel to adjust the speed that it pumps water into the boiler? The pump is permanently operating so what happens if the wheel is closed off? Will the pump be damaged?
correct , not necessarily needed ,but theses heaters are to powerful & need reduced for a proper steam run , also I like to see what wattage I am drawing so I can adjust in the future for a better experience.
