How about this idea for quick steam generation? Coil some copper tubing to fit
over a propane gas burner with 2 or 3 concentric flame rings - these can be
found in camping supply shops, are made in China, cheap but work well.
Feed one end from the mains water supply a a suitable low pressure and collect
the steam from the other end of the coil. No need to monitor water levels as
it continuously gets supplied. And if the water feed stops for some reason, no
big drama, just no steam generation.
You may have to experiment with the length of the copper tubing required.
Klaus

Eide wrote:

Hello,

I'm in need of a new steam box. Any ingenious ideas out there? I was
thinking of having two tanks. A small 1 gallon tank to make steam and a 5
gallon tank to feed it. Or how about coiled tubing for the steam part?
Mainly I want steam pretty quickly, a way to fill the water tank without
losing steam, and an easy way to tell if the water tank needs filling. I've
used one that had a clear hose to tell show what the water level was, but
the hose kept getting dirty.

Thanks in advance,

Eide