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smoking boiler

STEAM DOCTOR
STEAM DOCTOR Member Posts: 2,197
in THE MAIN WALL
Good eve. Just finished putting in steam boiler (slant fin gxha-100). Upon firing there was smoke coming from under the boiler. This was not steam or water vapor. My eyes started to burn after a few moments. I shut down the boiler and am planning on going back tomorrow. I took a quick look under the boiler and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary in the fire box. Is this normal and if not what would the cause be? Thank you.

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  • Steve Whitbeck
    Steve Whitbeck Member Posts: 669
    paint or refractory burning in.

    It might just be paint on parts exposed to the heat or it might be refractory burning in.
  • AFred
    AFred Member Posts: 81
    smokin in the basement

    Slant-fin loves to thow a bunch of oil on the heat exchanger to keep the cast iron from rusting while it sits in the crate. Wait till its done smoking before you do your combustion test.

    -Andy
  • Mark Eatherton
    Mark Eatherton Member Posts: 5,858
    It's just the Gnu burning off the boiler...

    This too shall come to pass....



    Poor Gnu...:-)



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  • STEAM DOCTOR
    STEAM DOCTOR Member Posts: 2,197
    thanks

    I am going back today. Will let you know what happens
  • STEAM DOCTOR
    STEAM DOCTOR Member Posts: 2,197
    update

    Went back today and ran boiler for 2 hours. Almost no smoke or smell after the 2 hours.
  • Mark Eatherton
    Mark Eatherton Member Posts: 5,858
    Gnome or Gnu eh...

    Couldn't pass it up;-)



    Glad you got it resolved...



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  • STEAM DOCTOR
    STEAM DOCTOR Member Posts: 2,197
    Thanks

    thanks
  • Jean-David Beyer
    Jean-David Beyer Member Posts: 2,666
    edited June 2011
    Another Linux or BSD user, I guess.

    I could not pass that up either.



    It might be interesting to see if a greater proportion of the people on this site use an alternative to Windows on their computers than in the general population. But it is really too far off-topic to bother with. I imagine Dan's webmaster could get the statistics automatically if there were any need for them.
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