CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

 Post a reply

CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

PostBy: SMITTY On: Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:32 pm

Valuable lesson: NEVER argue politics online while in the process of reloading your handfired! :lol: I knew I was forgetting something ....

Stove 850° ... pipe 850° ... boiler water TURNED TO STEAM! :o :lol:

OOPS!



Breakdown of events:

Recorded at 8x normal. First, I dove headlong into the steam & fire to close the ash door. Then raced to the indirect boiler to set the DHW temp to 150°, then raced upstairs to turn the T-stat to 80° - you can see this made a difference in the amount of steam and water blasting from the overflow pipe. Off camera I piled coal on the fire to remove the nuclear heat from the coils.

All is well. As you were. :funny:
Attachments
Coal stove, CORE MELTDOWN.wmv
(1.13 MiB) Viewed 189 times
Select:BBcode:
[nepafile=40725]Coal stove, CORE MELTDOWN.wmv[/nepafile]
User avatar
SMITTY
Member
 
Posts: 8951
Joined: Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:43 pm
Location: West-Central Mass
Stove/Furnace Make: Harman
Stove/Furnace Model: Mark III
Top
Visit Hitzer Stoves

Re: CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

PostBy: cabinover On: Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:37 pm

How you doin'? In my best Italian accent.:D

Get 'er under control pal, we can't have you off the board.
cabinover
Member
 
Posts: 689
Joined: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:13 am
Location: Fair Haven, VT
Stove/Furnace Make: Axeman-Anderson
Stove/Furnace Model: 130
Top

Re: CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

PostBy: rockwood On: Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:42 pm

:shock:
Music 'wailing' in the background adds to the drama....can't tell what band it was though...?
User avatar
rockwood
Member
 
Posts: 1294
Joined: Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:37 pm
Location: Northern Utah
Stove/Furnace Make: Rockwood Stoveworks Circulator
Stove/Furnace Model: Malleable/Monarch Range
Top

Re: CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

PostBy: SMITTY On: Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:43 pm

That's Rush - Freewill. 8-)


cabinover wrote:How you doin'? In my best Italian accent.:D

Get 'er under control pal, we can't have you off the board.

:funny: I'm good .... I'm good. :D :angel:
User avatar
SMITTY
Member
 
Posts: 8951
Joined: Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:43 pm
Location: West-Central Mass
Stove/Furnace Make: Harman
Stove/Furnace Model: Mark III
Top

Re: CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

PostBy: wilder11354 On: Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:43 pm

Like my exspresso a bit more on the tepid side...please!! I'm sure that put some fire into that conversation. Thats one thing i do worry about leaving ash door open, so before i leave the house for ANYTHING.... i check, and check again that ash doors closed. Been thinking about a microswitch on ash door, wired to a light in LR , so if its open light will be on.
wilder11354
Member
 
Posts: 305
Joined: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:48 pm
Location: Montrose, Pa.
Stove/Furnace Make: Harman
Stove/Furnace Model: SF260
Top

Re: CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

PostBy: SMITTY On: Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:47 pm

Sad part is, I have that camera trained right on the stove ..... and I was sitting right next to the monitor ...... but forgot to turn it on. :doh: Lots of good that did! toothy
User avatar
SMITTY
Member
 
Posts: 8951
Joined: Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:43 pm
Location: West-Central Mass
Stove/Furnace Make: Harman
Stove/Furnace Model: Mark III
Top

Re: CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

PostBy: cabinover On: Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:49 pm

Pay no attention, you'll have that on these big jobs. :oops:
cabinover
Member
 
Posts: 689
Joined: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:13 am
Location: Fair Haven, VT
Stove/Furnace Make: Axeman-Anderson
Stove/Furnace Model: 130
Top

Re: CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

PostBy: VigIIPeaBurner On: Tue Feb 19, 2013 9:16 pm

Guess that political argument got a little HOT! :mad3:

:woot: :funny:

Win, loose or draw?
User avatar
VigIIPeaBurner
State of New Jersey Moderator
 
Posts: 1806
Joined: Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:49 am
Location: Pequest River Valley, Warren Co NJ
Stove/Furnace Make: Vermont Casting/Keystoker
Stove/Furnace Model: Vigilant II 2310/Koker
Top

Re: CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

PostBy: SMITTY On: Tue Feb 19, 2013 9:31 pm

Right always wins. ;) :D
User avatar
SMITTY
Member
 
Posts: 8951
Joined: Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:43 pm
Location: West-Central Mass
Stove/Furnace Make: Harman
Stove/Furnace Model: Mark III
Top

Re: CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

PostBy: Lightning On: Tue Feb 19, 2013 9:50 pm

That'll teach ya to let er reach critical mass.... :lol: ....
Smittys gone nuclear :woot:
I was enlightened to hear the Rush song.. Fantastic!! :punk:
User avatar
Lightning
Member
 
Posts: 1138
Joined: Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:51 am
Location: Olean, NY
Stove/Furnace Make: Clayton
Stove/Furnace Model: 1537G
Top

Re: CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

PostBy: 009to090 On: Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:18 pm

Wow, serious HOT, there.
Time to get that Stoker fired up, then you CAN walk away and forget her :mrgreen:
Last edited by 009to090 on Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
009to090
State of North Carolina Moderator
 
Posts: 4979
Joined: Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:02 am
Location: Warrenton, NC
Stove/Furnace Make: Harman DVC500 x 2
Stove/Furnace Model: EFM 520 HighBoy
Top

Re: CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

PostBy: wsherrick On: Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:13 pm

Looks like you were busier than a one armed cook on a six eyed stove, there.
User avatar
wsherrick
Member
 
Posts: 2046
Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:04 am
Location: High In The Poconos
Stove/Furnace Make: Glenwood Baseheater No. 6
Stove/Furnace Model: Stanley-Argand Parlor Heater
Top

Re: CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

PostBy: Lightning On: Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:21 pm

wsherrick wrote:Looks like you were busier than a one armed cook on a six eyed stove, there.


I'm bettin ol Smitty ain't moved that quick in quite a while. Woulda loved to seen the expression on his face upon inkling of meltdown :lol:
Last edited by Richard S. on Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:01 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Removed uploaded image, do not upload copyrighted images please.
User avatar
Lightning
Member
 
Posts: 1138
Joined: Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:51 am
Location: Olean, NY
Stove/Furnace Make: Clayton
Stove/Furnace Model: 1537G
Top

Re: CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

PostBy: I'm On Fire On: Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:33 am

I was wondering why the EPA was going crazy last night. Said they saw a huge carbon footprint from around Smitty's place. The government was going to go on the offensive. But then, as quickly as the huge carbon footprint appeared it disappeared and they couldn't find it again. They then blamed China's military for hacking their wind farms.
User avatar
I'm On Fire
Member
 
Posts: 3094
Joined: Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:34 am
Location: Vernon, New Jersey
Stove/Furnace Make: DS Machine / Rheem
Stove/Furnace Model: DS 1600 Circulator / HA FURNAC
Top

Re: CORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing)

PostBy: gaw On: Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:45 pm

Hey Smitty didn’t you work for Carnival cruise lines recently? Were you an engine man or something like that? What role did alcohol play in this?
User avatar
gaw
Member
 
Posts: 1307
Joined: Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:51 am
Location: Parts Unknown
Stove/Furnace Make: Keystoker
Stove/Furnace Model: KA-6 Boiler; Bay Window (dv)
Top
 Post a reply
Return to Hand Fired Coal StovesCORE MELTDOWN!! (sirens wailing) - Page 2
Visit Hitzer Stoves

NEPA Crossroads is a creation of Nepadigital.Com ©2009 • Contact Admin | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy

Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group