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Antique Munchkin

Weezbo
Weezbo Member Posts: 6,231
in THE MAIN WALL
everyone should have one :)

Looks like a water heater from days gone by....

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  • Wayco Wayne_2
    Wayco Wayne_2 Member Posts: 2,479
    Ha!

    Made you look. Here's an old water heater I picked up at a flea market. It's about 24" tall. Has 4 coils inside for water to flow through while a flame of some sort, there's no burner on it, shoots up through the copper coils. There's 3/4 pipe going in the back top and bottom for the water connections. There's a tag on it that say Hercules and a serial number. If any one knows more about it please share any info. My wife says when she saw it she knew I would buy it. Apparently she thinks I'm fairly predictable. She could be right. Our porch dog, Rusty, was facinated. He stared at it all day. :P WW

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  • David_5
    David_5 Member Posts: 250
    Kerosene

    It probably had a kerosene burner for the flame. I bet the coil was piped to a tank above and circulation was by thermo-syphon. With a small burner and relatively large water volume connected it would be easy to control the temp by hand.

    David
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,628
    Could have been K1

    but also could have been gas. Either way it was hooked up to a tank like David says.

    The Hercules brand was sold thru Sears, but I don't know who actually made them.
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  • Al Corelli
    Al Corelli Member Posts: 454


    I was thinking it was some sort of heat reclaimer for a flue pipe.
  • SVDW
    SVDW Member Posts: 80
    Antique munchkin

    Wayne, take a look at: http://www.waterheaterrescue.com/pages/whh/pages/historypages/ruud-sidearm.html Your unit looks like it might have been made by Ruud for Hercules? This site also has a museum of old water heaters, some real artwork in cast & brass! Have a good one!
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