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Regulator is a control device found in steam engines . It serves a similar function to throttle in other powertrain types . Regulator sets the flow of steam from the boiler to the steam chest. Steam chest is an intermediary reservoir from where it can be admitted, using cutoff , to the vehicle's cylinders and propel the vehicle.

The regulator does not directly control a vehicle's acceleration. Rather, steam chest in combination with cutoff does, which is why it has a dedicated gauge to read pressure from. When the regulator is closed, steam stops flowing to the chest, but the vehicle stills accelerate until the chest runs out.

Delay in regulator operation doesn't need to exist only when closing it. If a vehicle uses an early version of superheaters, time it takes from opening the regulator until the steam chest start charging is delayed, too.

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-Regulator is a control device found in {{pll|Steam Overview|steam engines}}, similar to what {{pll|Throttle|throttle}} does in other {{pll|Powertrains Overview|powertrain types}}). Regulator sets the amount of {{pll|Steam Overview|steam}} being admitted from the {{pll|Boiler|boiler}} to the steam chest. Steam chest is an intermediary reservoir from where you can admit it, using {{pll|Cutoff|cutoff}}, to the vehicle's {{pll|Cylinder Cocks|cylinders}}.
+Regulator is a control device found in {{pll|Steam Overview|steam engines}}. It serves a similar function to {{pll|Throttle|throttle}} in other {{pll|Powertrains Overview|powertrain types}}. Regulator sets the flow of {{pll|Steam Overview|steam}} from the {{pll|Boiler|boiler}} to the steam chest. Steam chest is an intermediary reservoir from where it can be admitted, using {{pll|Cutoff|cutoff}}, to the vehicle's {{pll|Cylinder Cocks|cylinders}} and propel the vehicle.
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-Based on the technology used, some vehicles may have early versions of superheaters that result in delay in response from the regulator control device operation to the steam chest charging. Similarly, closing the regulator does not immediately stop the vehicle's acceleration, but rather it stops steam from being admitted to the steam chest. The vehicle will still accelerate until the steam chest has run out.
+The regulator does not directly control a vehicle's acceleration. Rather, steam chest in combination with cutoff does, which is why it has a dedicated gauge to read pressure from. When the regulator is closed, steam stops flowing to the chest, but the vehicle stills accelerate until the chest runs out.
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-The steam in the chest is distributed alternately at both ends of the cylinders with every cycle. It pushes the pistons inside, which are mechanically linked to the driving wheels, thus propelling the vehicle. The used steam is then expelled through the blastpipe, where it mixes with smoke from the {{pll|Firebox|firebox}} in the smokebox, and together they are released into the atmosphere through a chimney. This cycle repeats at every full rotation of the driving wheels.
+Delay in regulator operation doesn't need to exist only when closing it. If a vehicle uses an early version of superheaters, time it takes from opening the regulator until the steam chest start charging is delayed, too.
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