3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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I received a question via PM last night. I thought it might be good to bring it over to the open forum.
Q: How did you insulate the exhaust pipe when extending it to bring the muffler out of the enclosure?
A: I used regular old residential spun fiberglass insulation (paper removed) about 1" thick without compression. Wrapped it around the pipe and secured it with a few tabs of masking tape.
I then loosely (do not compress tightly) covered the insulation with a foil duct tape I purchased at Home Depot. The adhesive on the back of the foil tape has not been effected by the exhaust heat and still holds tight. The little pieces of masking tape will burn off quickly.
I did note that "pink" fiberglass will turn white from the heat, but the glass itself does not burn.
Another type of wrap would be fiberglass water pipe insulation. It comes in rolls about 1" wide and 1/2" thick. At our HD it is sold under the Frost King name. This is a little easier to wrap around the exhaust pipe.
The muffler can be wrapped in the same manner. This is one good, heat resistant, metal tape.
Q: How did you insulate the exhaust pipe when extending it to bring the muffler out of the enclosure?
A: I used regular old residential spun fiberglass insulation (paper removed) about 1" thick without compression. Wrapped it around the pipe and secured it with a few tabs of masking tape.
I then loosely (do not compress tightly) covered the insulation with a foil duct tape I purchased at Home Depot. The adhesive on the back of the foil tape has not been effected by the exhaust heat and still holds tight. The little pieces of masking tape will burn off quickly.
I did note that "pink" fiberglass will turn white from the heat, but the glass itself does not burn.
Another type of wrap would be fiberglass water pipe insulation. It comes in rolls about 1" wide and 1/2" thick. At our HD it is sold under the Frost King name. This is a little easier to wrap around the exhaust pipe.
The muffler can be wrapped in the same manner. This is one good, heat resistant, metal tape.
