[ SOLVED ] S060 water issues

[Geocolumbus]

I'm pretty new to the game, and I've been loving the S060. I've noticed, however, that whenever I drop the fire and turn on the blowdown I loose all my water, and when I try to use the fees to refill it it doesn't refill the water. Do I just need the manual service to even do this?
Edit: Thanks for the explanations, I now understand that the blowdown is just for overfilling/issues on a grade.

[mikecash]

The blowdown is for removing excess water from the boiler.

What you're doing is like pulling the plug on the bathtub and then acting surprised all the water disappeared.

[Geocolumbus]

Originally posted by mikecash:

The blowdown is for removing excess water from the boiler.

What you're doing is like pulling the plug on the bathtub and then acting surprised all the water disappeared.

Ah, I expected as much.

[Geocolumbus]

Originally posted by mikecash:

The blowdown is for removing excess water from the boiler.

What you're doing is like pulling the plug on the bathtub and then acting surprised all the water disappeared.

Thank you for the reply. So the blowdown is only used to empty the water tanks then?

[GreatNortherner]

Originally posted by Geocolumbus:

Thank you for the reply. So the blowdown is only used to empty the water tanks then?

The typical use case is if you need to get rid of some water in your boiler if you've accidentally overfilled it (especially if filled way past the top of the sight glass). Sometimes you may also have to use it on grades when the suddenly angled boiler pushes the water around (you'll see it in the sight glass when that happens).

Otherwise, there's probably no need to ever touch that valve and I'm fairly sure you can leave the water in the boiler for as long as you like, engine running or not.

[Pentium100[LT+EN]]

Originally posted by Geocolumbus:

Originally posted by mikecash:

The blowdown is for removing excess water from the boiler.

What you're doing is like pulling the plug on the bathtub and then acting surprised all the water disappeared.

Thank you for the reply. So the blowdown is only used to empty the water tanks then?

AFAIK blowdown IRL is used to remove scale and other bad stuff from the boiler (the blowdown valve is near the bottom of the boiler).

In the game, it is useed to remove water from the boiler if you accidentally overfilled it

You do not need to drain the water from the boiler when stopped. Doing so may leave the locomotive unusable. Injectors only work if there is steam pressure and there is no other way to put water in the boiler (IRL you can connect a hose and fill up a cold boiler) and, of course, having a fire with not enough water may lead to boiler damage (or even blow it up).

[schutt]

dont use the blowdown. its emptying the water.

[Rick]

Water used in steam locomotives wasn't exactly clean drinking water, usually rain water from an open tank or lake or whatever and always has a little bit of dirt and stuff in it. The blowndown is used to clear out all that crap and empty the boiler under high pressure

[Pierce]

Originally posted by Geocolumbus:

… and when I try to use the fees to refill it it doesn't refill the water. Do I just need the manual service to even do this?

I observed this too. Coal is refilled but water not. And i don‘t touched the valve. Is this normal behaviour, that i have refuel water manually?

[TigerB44]

Game wise there is no reason to ever touch the blowdown. I once emptied the whole tender inside the boiler and it made no difference in steam production.