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How do you detect a leaking boiler tube in a large vertical free standing medium pressure watertube boiler?

How do you detect a leaking boiler tube in a large vertical free standing medium pressure watertube boiler?

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You shudown the boiler , let cool and then look inside the fire box to see if you spot the leak. If is a slow leak you fill the boil with pressurized water using the feed pump so that you can make the leak visible.
Could you listen with a stethoscope to localize the leak?

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