Yellow Flame, A Christmas Stoker Boiler

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Post by Hambden Bob » Fri. Dec. 27, 2013 8:04 pm

Oh Man,you're not excited about this,are you? :lol: Since when have Trans Am OEM Colors been available for this Unit? You have truly done a DaVinci on this Puppy ! Beautiful ! Let's see how she flies ! :up: :yes:


 
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Post by whistlenut » Fri. Dec. 27, 2013 8:12 pm

You blow me away, Don!!!!! Unfunkin' believable. Let there be light!!!!! That plain Jane gray box sure has come back to life!! You may have t0 go back to 'Peckville' and get the competition
chip flashed into your Hot Rod. I can't wait for you to get it piped and fired. Cold weather coming very soon, and perhaps you can get a barrel of 'Nitro' to sprinkle on the hopper to make it into a 500K barn burner! :idea: 8-) :roll: :D

 
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Post by Rob R. » Fri. Dec. 27, 2013 8:16 pm

You have been busy. :) :D

I probably would have settled for a set of hood stripes, but I sure can't argue with your finished product. Looks great. I am looking forward to seeing your install progress.

 
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Post by coalkirk » Fri. Dec. 27, 2013 8:29 pm

Damn Don, that looks amazing! She looks.....well..HOT!

I know you have a handle on your plumbing but I thought of one other item you should include in your installation. In the water feed to the boiler install a backflow preventer. It goes on the high pressure side of the pressure reducing valve. It keeps boiler water from flowing back into your domestic water if you suddenly have 0 pressure in your domestic plumbing cause you are replacing a faucet etc.

 
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Post by Rob R. » Fri. Dec. 27, 2013 8:35 pm

Are we listing every component required for the install? Pressure relief valve, air separator, circulators, etc?

 
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Post by lsayre » Fri. Dec. 27, 2013 8:38 pm

Spectacular! I can almost envision Mark Donohue reving that thing up! The only things it is missing are a number and some decals.

 
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Post by CoalHeat » Fri. Dec. 27, 2013 10:19 pm

Looks great!!!!


 
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Post by Scottscoaled » Fri. Dec. 27, 2013 10:38 pm

WOW! Really, WOW! That think looks like it will do 110 mph instead of 110 kbtu's per hour. Bumble bee :)

 
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Post by Scottscoaled » Fri. Dec. 27, 2013 10:43 pm

Don't mean to nit pick but, did you put the gauge in the port that the relief valve usually goes in?

 
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Post by StokerDon » Fri. Dec. 27, 2013 11:04 pm

Good eyes Scott,

I just put the gage in the top for the photos. But now that you mention it, that is were the perssure relief should go.

Scott, I'm thinking this gage is shot. do you think I should replace it?
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Or is it because its not in the system? Pressure is reading above 30, just sitting there?

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Post by Scottscoaled » Fri. Dec. 27, 2013 11:09 pm

You can just take the cover off and push the pressure arm over to zero. The gauge goes on the front on the one I have. I would say that you let it get too much colder in your shop and your beautiful paint job won't cure. The gauge is reading less than 50 degrees. Better fire that stoker up a little for the night. :)

 
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Post by StokerDon » Fri. Dec. 27, 2013 11:20 pm

Thanks Scott,

I hope to use this gage. I am going to take it apart to paint the shell , so I will do the adjustments then. This gage measures Altitude? Maybe this is an aircraft boiler?

_don

 
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Post by StokerDon » Fri. Dec. 27, 2013 11:35 pm

Rob R. wrote:Are we listing every component required for the install? Pressure relief valve, air separator, circulators, etc?
We should,

I have 1 air scoop, 1 expansion tank. another 10? gallon tank, 2 large pumps 1.25", 1Taco 007 pump 1".

Need; Air bleeders, 1 80KBTU heat exchanger, 1 50KBTU heat exchanger, Lots of shut off valves, 1.25" PEX, .75" PEX and stuff I haven't thought of yet.

-Don

 
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Post by stovepipemike » Sat. Dec. 28, 2013 7:46 am

Beautiful job on it Don, are you considering a nice fat "Y" connection at the breach to get a set of dual pipes dumping to the chimney for you for rapid exhaust extraction ? Mike

 
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Post by Rob R. » Sat. Dec. 28, 2013 8:02 am

StokerDon wrote:
Rob R. wrote:Are we listing every component required for the install? Pressure relief valve, air separator, circulators, etc?
We should,

I have 1 air scoop, 1 expansion tank. another 10? gallon tank, 2 large pumps 1.25", 1Taco 007 pump 1".

Need; Air bleeders, 1 80KBTU heat exchanger, 1 50KBTU heat exchanger, Lots of shut off valves, 1.25" PEX, .75" PEX and stuff I haven't thought of yet.

-Don
You only need one circulator per zone. I like these mounting flanges (they also make them with a boiler drain built in): http://www.pexsupply.com/Webstone-50405-1-4-Sweat ... -7789000-p

What do you have for a chimney? You will need to add a draft control to your shopping list.


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