A-A 130M, More Old Iron Coming on Line Soon!

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Wed. Dec. 28, 2011 3:13 pm

Been a while since the A-A landed here, but some progress is now being made.

Here is the original post of it's arrival: 1959 Axeman-Anderson Moved to Ohio Recently.

Start of piping pictures:

The two 1-1/4 unions on the right are stopped short of the hopper on the stoker furnace...
furnace needs to comes out for boiler to connect to that chimney.

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I'm building provisions for even more expansion, should I ever need it...capped valves on the left side.

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Lots of black pipe...copper is $$$$

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One zone here will be for water over air H/X in forced air furnace.
Other 2 zones shown are for future plans.

Another 4th zone...an Indirect for DHW will be piped in nearer to the boilers supply and return...so only 2 zones for now and 2 for future.

I chose the Gundfos 3 speed pump and the Gundfos ALPHA pump. The ALPHA pump has amazing features... we'll see how that all works out as it operates after the completion.

Over all, what do you all think so far?

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Wed. Dec. 28, 2011 3:26 pm

I think you're gettin pretty fancy in your oldness.

So far so good.

Townsend · Post by **Townsend** » Thu. Dec. 29, 2011 7:50 am

Couldn't a said it better myself than Fred did above! He has such a way with words.

Nice looking setup. Keep it going. Looking forward to more pics. Any of the boiler tie in yet?

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Thu. Dec. 29, 2011 2:45 pm

Townsend wrote:Couldn't a said it better myself than Fred did above! He has such a way with words.

Nice looking setup. Keep it going. Looking forward to more pics. Any of the boiler tie in yet?

Boiler is on a wheeled cart nearby w/ just some dry fit-up pieces on it. I have to get up the nerve to pull the plug on my DIY stoker furnace, as it will be in the way. Just trying to get as much work done as I can before it is inevitable to yank it out of there.

Hambden Bob · Post by **Hambden Bob** » Thu. Dec. 29, 2011 3:08 pm

Looks like you've been busy ! Interesting to see the black pipe as a copper alternative. Carry On !

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Thu. Dec. 29, 2011 3:12 pm

I'm beginning to see a trend here. AA owners sure do some quality work!

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Tue. Jan. 03, 2012 11:15 pm

Updated progress:

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Tue. Jan. 03, 2012 11:34 pm

More updates:

New gasket installed;

New gasket fitted, had to cut out a piece...it must of been for a 260M.

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Surprise...somebody done a ring repair...and some metal loss around Tankless Coil area.

No worries...I'll just have it plated over.

After the coil and fan were removed some "surprises" were revealed.

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See how easy those studs came out...zing!!!

Wacked dem studs off...they're outa-here!!!

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I'll never fret once this gets welded in.

Prep'ed a blank plate for the welder coming tomorrow to seal that notorious troublesome hole, I'm installing a Indirect anyways.

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Good find on Craigslist for $300.00, used.

41 gallon Amtrol BoilerMate HotWaterMaker

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McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Tue. Jan. 03, 2012 11:45 pm

More yet:

Pickup the H/X from the tin shop today, I had him "case" it so it will slide right in my duct work like a drawer. Had him make an end cover too, to close the opening of the drawer.
When this gets plumbed in I'll have 2 shut-offs and 2 unions to allow it to be removed for unhindered A/C during the summer months.

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LsFarm · Post by **LsFarm** » Tue. Jan. 03, 2012 11:47 pm

Yep, that ring repair looks familiar as does the condition of the boiler's gasket surface around the coil port.

Once you have it all 'fluffed up' it will only take a minimum of attention to keep it running at it's best.

Greg L

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Sun. Jan. 08, 2012 1:30 am

Well, the ole A-A 130M is off the cart and on the floor.

H/X is installed in plenum and plumbed back into headers on wall.

Indirect water heater is 50% plumbed, still need more work to get to the point where I can have a HW outage to do the cut over. I want to have the HW outage just prior to boiler's first light up...in order to put a good load on boiler to establish a good hot fire bed in the fire-pot.

Boiler exhaust flue and pipe ties to headers are next...then control wiring.

It's a one man show here.

More to come...stay tuned!

CapeCoaler · Post by **CapeCoaler** » Sun. Jan. 08, 2012 1:49 am

Smart Controller on that BoilerMate...
http://www.doityourself.com/forum/water-heaters/3 ... oblem.html

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Sun. Jan. 08, 2012 4:29 am

Thanks for the heads up.

I have seen that. I wondered if this one was one of those problematic ones. So I did some testing of the Smart Controller. I had a temporary power feed connected to it for several days of continuous call for heat and it performed as expected.

If it should sometime later act up I have a plan to retrofit it w/ a $50.00 off the shelf controller that will work w/ the existing auqastat/temp. switch. Big $$$$ for Amtrol's replacement. Not for me.

AA130FIREMAN · Post by **AA130FIREMAN** » Sun. Jan. 08, 2012 8:51 am

Where does the smart control get inserted into on the amtrol ? My vaughn has an immersion well for an aquastat bulb, their control is a 4 wire type aquastat with an immersion bulb. I figure if it dies, I'll replace with a simple honeywell 2 wire aquastat that has an adjustable differential. The one nice thing on the factory control is a light that's on steady, and blinks when their is a call for heat (but I can live without). And when you reinstall the combustion fan, it should be close to the internal ring to get the most vacuum without rubbing.

Post by **Rob R.** » Sun. Jan. 08, 2012 9:26 am

AA130FIREMAN wrote:My vaughn has an immersion well for an aquastat bulb, their control is a 4 wire type aquastat with an immersion bulb. I figure if it dies, I'll replace with a simple honeywell 2 wire aquastat that has an adjustable differential.

My indirect is a Bradford White, and it has a 4006B Honeywell installed in a standard well. It works excellent and is very easy to adjust.

A-A 130M, More Old Iron Coming on Line Soon!

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