Gentleman Janitor GJ-51??? Project

Pacowy · Post by **Pacowy** » Sun. Jan. 17, 2016 2:12 pm

StokerDon wrote: I would love to see an Iron Coal Stoker Boiler!

If you want to see a real cast iron one I know where there is one in the Berkshires.

Go to Albany and take a right.

Mike

Post by **StokerDon** » Sun. Jan. 17, 2016 8:45 pm

Pacowy wrote:
StokerDon wrote: I would love to see an Iron Coal Stoker Boiler!
If you want to see a real cast iron one I know where there is one in the Berkshires. Go to Albany and take a right.

Mike

Maybe I will. Not this time of year though, my little trip up to coal country yesterday was enough to kick my be-hind!

That being said, I was trying to rest and recuperate today. I got as far as late afternoon. Then I started looking for radiators on CL, I didn't find many. Then I thought,"I have that abandon Boiler Mate zone in the garage, I can hook my radiator to that!"

So here it is, my first radiator install. It's not pretty, I didn't even clean it, I just nailed it in there with some PEX.

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For right now I just have the switch for the Taco 007 turned ON. To make it real easy to control, I have a 120 volt thermostat that I can connect to the old Boiler Mate connection. Then the pump will be thermostatically controlled.

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Well now it's at least doing something other than taking up space under the bench!

-Don

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Sun. Jan. 17, 2016 10:01 pm

How did you get all the air purged out of that rad?

Post by **Rob R.** » Sun. Jan. 17, 2016 10:07 pm

McGiever wrote:How did you get all the air purged out of that rad?

That's what the vent is for at the top of the last section.

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Sun. Jan. 17, 2016 10:26 pm

Rob R. wrote:
McGiever wrote:How did you get all the air purged out of that rad?
That's what the vent is for at the top of the last section.

Okay, I seen the plug. Just vent out the plug then?

Post by **Rob R.** » Mon. Jan. 18, 2016 5:11 am

You open it with a radiator key.

Post by **StokerDon** » Mon. Jan. 18, 2016 7:48 am

I wish I had a radiator key! I had to use needle nose pliers.

10 degrees this morning, howling wind. The garage is 65 degrees. This may be working a little to good.

-Don

blrman07 · Post by **blrman07** » Mon. Jan. 18, 2016 8:00 am

Minus a radiator key, try a socket. Some screwdrivers that allow you to change bits have the same size square socket.

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Mon. Jan. 18, 2016 8:05 am

StokerDon wrote:I wish I had a radiator key! I had to use needle nose pliers.

10 degrees this morning, howling wind. The garage is 65 degrees. This may be working a little to good.

-Don

so you are satisfying the tstat set at 65?

Post by **Rob R.** » Mon. Jan. 18, 2016 8:14 am

Don, you can get a radiator key for a few bucks on Amazon or at your local supply house.

Post by **StokerDon** » Mon. Jan. 18, 2016 8:55 am

hotblast1357 wrote:
StokerDon wrote:I wish I had a radiator key! I had to use needle nose pliers.

10 degrees this morning, howling wind. The garage is 65 degrees. This may be working a little to good.

-Don
so you are satisfying the tstat set at 65?

No T-stat yet H.B. Just an idling boiler on the LO limit and the pump to the rad running until I turn it off. In a previous thread we determined that this radiator puts out about 9,500 BTU at 180 degrees. Lo limit is set at 150 degrees. What ever that works out to be, it's enough.

-Don

hotblast1357 · Post by **hotblast1357** » Mon. Jan. 18, 2016 9:00 am

perfect, nice consistent heat.

Post by **StokerDon** » Tue. Jan. 19, 2016 7:27 pm

I posted a short dizzying video of the GJ and radiator.

Also, I wanted to clean the glass before the video and I found that a razor blade works great! The glass looks new.

-Don

lsayre · Post by **lsayre** » Tue. Jan. 19, 2016 8:47 pm

Nice video! Your boilers always look great!

Post by **StokerDon** » Tue. Jan. 19, 2016 9:01 pm

lsayre wrote:Nice video! Your boilers always look great!

Why thank you Larry! I'm glad you enjoyed it on this very cold evening.

It's a shame you can't put a fire view door on the AHS!

-Don

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