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Re: New, unused Peerless 63-04 Brooklyn/Queens area

Its really not a big deal. Don't let the size , bulk & weight put you off. Mad Dog

Mad Dog_2

Re: Who owns who?

I still like Milwaukee for some things…….maybe because they used to be great. I would call them good now but not great. I also have a lot of Ryobi stuff which is cheap and most scoff at it but I find it holds up pretty well.

As with any tools I have worked with people who could destroy any tool made. I use tools hard but I don't beat the crap out of them and whatever I bought it usually lasted pretty good.

If I had a lot of concrete drilling, wood drilling or sawing I would still prefer a corded tool. Walking around with a bunch of batteries and a charge doesn't appeal to me. I had a small inverter in my truck large enough to charge batteries on the way to a job.

EBEBRATT-Ed

The dog days of summer....

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So hot even Tillman needs a cold boiler room floor to stay cool. Too hot even in the shade.....The Williamson boiler to the left serves as a pool heater & I am adding a zone for keeping Koi Pond ice free in winter

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Mad Dog_2

Re: Radiator removal

Replace it with one of these.

delcrossv

Re: How Do I Connect This Wire?

@Steamhead & @EBEBRATT-Ed… You can purchase a "Fan Center" from a boiler manufacturer for over $100.00 and find that it is identical to any of the lower priced items. The "rub" is that the wire colors are different. Since many plumbers (and even some electricians) are not that good at control wiring, changing the colors of the wires make it difficult for some to adapt the identical low cost part with the expensive "Factory Authorized" part.

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Regardless of the political climate. The boiler manufacturers will always have an excessive markup for the generic parts they sell. That is why they have slight changes in them. Just so you won't try to buy the lower cost generic parts. That is the reason I like Crown by Velocity Boiler Works over Weil McLain. Crown will tend to use standard parts for their boilers rather than modified "OEM" parts.

When the Tariff's kick in, you can see the OEM fan centers go from 100 to 200 while the generic will still cost less than 50.