CORE MELTDOWN!! (Sirens Wailing)

SMITTY · Post by **SMITTY** » Tue. Feb. 19, 2013 7:32 pm

Valuable lesson: NEVER argue politics online while in the process of reloading your handfired!

I knew I was forgetting something ....

Stove 850° ... pipe 850° ... boiler water TURNED TO STEAM!

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.

cabinover · Post by **cabinover** » Tue. Feb. 19, 2013 7:37 pm

How you doin'? In my best Italian accent.

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

rockwood · Post by **rockwood** » Tue. Feb. 19, 2013 7:42 pm

Music 'wailing' in the background adds to the drama....can't tell what band it was though...?

SMITTY · Post by **SMITTY** » Tue. Feb. 19, 2013 7:43 pm

That's Rush - Freewill.

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

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

I'm good .... I'm good.

wilder11354 · Post by **wilder11354** » Tue. Feb. 19, 2013 7:43 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.

SMITTY · Post by **SMITTY** » Tue. Feb. 19, 2013 7:47 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.

Lots of good that did!

cabinover · Post by **cabinover** » Tue. Feb. 19, 2013 7:49 pm

Pay no attention, you'll have that on these big jobs.

VigIIPeaBurner · Post by **VigIIPeaBurner** » Tue. Feb. 19, 2013 8:16 pm

Guess that political argument got a little HOT!

Win, loose or draw?

SMITTY · Post by **SMITTY** » Tue. Feb. 19, 2013 8:31 pm

Right always wins.

Post by **Lightning** » Tue. Feb. 19, 2013 8:50 pm

That'll teach ya to let er reach critical mass....

....
Smittys gone nuclear

I was enlightened to hear the Rush song.. Fantastic!! :punk:

009to090 · Post by **009to090** » Tue. Feb. 19, 2013 9:18 pm

Wow, serious HOT, there.
Time to get that Stoker fired up, then you CAN walk away and forget her

wsherrick · Post by **wsherrick** » Tue. Feb. 19, 2013 10:13 pm

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

Post by **Lightning** » Tue. Feb. 19, 2013 10:21 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

I'm On Fire · Post by **I'm On Fire** » Wed. Feb. 20, 2013 8:33 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.

gaw · Post by **gaw** » Wed. Feb. 20, 2013 12:45 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?

CORE MELTDOWN!! (Sirens Wailing)

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