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Older H.B. Smith

Charlie from wmass
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Hard to say how old the house is but found out today it used to have gas lights in it.
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How old is it?
Girl friends mother has a boiler, I know never a good start to a story. Anyway it is a round H.B. Smith coal steam boiler converted to oil converted to gas. tester says it is firing 72% when steaming. I was just curious where I can look it up to see just how old it is? Yes it is slated to be changed but you know how these things go.Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
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Hard to say. Probably 1900-1930s. How old is the house? It is likely the original boiler0 -
That's probably
an "HB" or "Menlo" model. The usual things we know about snowman boilers apply to both of these, the most important being they're probably not more than 40% efficient, overall, when converted.
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yeah i know it is a hog just remembered the contest smith had for oldest working boiler and was wondering if i was even close in age.The bacharach digital combustion analyzer says 70%. but I know a lot of heat is just going everywhere but into the water.Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.
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