Coal Fired Hot Water Heater

coalnewbie wrote:Made from austenitic steel. There are three major groups in the family of stainless steels: austenitic, ferritic, and martensitic. Austenitic steels, which contain 16 to 26 percent chromium and up to 35 percent nickel, usually have the highest corrosion resistance. They are not hardenable by heat treatment and are nonmagnetic.

Am I offering pearls before swine .... hahahahahah, I slay myself.

Simon,

Actually there are four major types... add in duplex stainless steels... but hey, who's counting anyway... Let's see when we can get together for a coffee... Guess I'll have to drive a hatch back over...

I have a concert this weekend, but I forgot to put it in my calendar so I'll have to find out when it is and then we can see what schedules are...

dj

I have one cast iron rad on the second floor in the bath that thermosyphens great!!! I have another rad in the kitchen on the first floor which thermo's reasonable. The baseboard finned in the dining room and living room won't syphen at all. That's what I have found at least.

Long and short, if have finned baseboard you'll need a pump to really accomplish anything with these little guys.

Thanks Rev. That answers nicely what I was wondering about.

Finned base board is easier to find around here, but no sense going that route because I don't want this to need electricity. I'll keep an eye out for cast iron radiators.

Paul

Guess I'll have to drive a hatch back over..

I will deliver it as well. Geez, these prima donna metallurgists are tough to please but worth it for the advice. What flavor cookies with the coffee would you like.

Was just wondering what the water capacity of the BAD stove is? & how it might compare to the DS line of BAD stoves?
Jim

Sunny Boy wrote:Thanks Rev. That answers nicely what I was wondering about.

Finned base board is easier to find around here, but no sense going that route because I don't want this to need electricity. I'll keep an eye out for cast iron radiators.

Paul

Nice to have that option Paul. My house hasn't a lick of floor space available for one of them beauties.

blrman07 wrote:I have one cast iron rad on the second floor in the bath that thermosyphens great!!! I have another rad in the kitchen on the first floor which thermo's reasonable. The baseboard finned in the dining room and living room won't syphen at all. That's what I have found at least.

Long and short, if have finned baseboard you'll need a pump to really accomplish anything with these little guys.

From your heat source to each and every radiator, the piping has to rise 1/4" per foot until you get to the end of the heat loop where it then drops back to the heat source... in a nutshell...

Next, you have the diameters of the conduit... With gravity fed, that's important.... Don't know how to put that in a nutshell...

dj

Sunny Boy wrote:Thanks Rev. That answers nicely what I was wondering about.

Finned base board is easier to find around here, but no sense going that route because I don't want this to need electricity. I'll keep an eye out for cast iron radiators.

Paul

Paul - you should be able to make it work. Just remember the whole system has to rise 1/4" per foot - including through the radiator...

dj

Dave,
Considering how un-level the floors are in this old house, having a slope of 1/4 inch to the foot is easy.

Paul

Or you could stop all this dihydrogen oxide nonsense and try convection coupled with massive radiation.

I'm looking to move heat where I need it,..... not find more places to shovel coal to.

Paul

I just picked up a coal boiler. Picture attached. American Boiler and Foundry Co. Cincinnati Ohio model 65. I was told this model was a railroad boiler. Anyone know the value and the age of this unit. Any info would be appreciated. Also, anyone have a base with the feet they want to sell. Or a flew adapter. Call Doug 606-369-6051

Welcome to the club. This is kinda "off season", as you can imagine, so things are a little slow. But some of the dedicated ones will chime in I bet. Neat looking boiler you found. I'm not savvy to those units, and can't offer much advice, but hang in there, and someone will be along.
It's funny you posted this, cause I was planning on starting a thread about a coal hot water heater, for my above ground swimming pool. Think we discussed this a while ago, but was gunna revisit it. If you're looking for a buyer, could I be on the list?

You will be the 1st to know if I decide to sell it. I actually just found the shaker handle for it on Ebay and purchased it. A picture I found shows this with a base with 3 short feet. Still searching for it. I would love to bring this back to life. I had a collector tell me that this model was probably 1865 production. I haven't been able to find any history on the manufacturer to see if the life of the company matches the information. I live in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky and joke all the time that people here are still using the antiques. Of course, that not too far off when it comes to old cookware and tools. I have even seen kids playing with vintage cast iron toys in some cases. lol.
Thanks for the response and I will be looking forward to more information.

Sorry to put water on your campfire but it's not an antique. They were made by a company in Chicago during the 70's and went out of business. Their stock was purchased by Marks Supply in Shenandoah Pa and he has them for sale if I remember right for about $395???

I have one in my basement right now and use it during the shoulder months for hot water to the radiators and DHW via a plate heat exchanger.