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close call

steamy ray vaughn
steamy ray vaughn Member Posts: 30
in Strictly Steam
a customer called at 11:30 pm and said these exact words.  My boiler is glowing cherry red and I think there might be something wrong

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  • gerry gill
    gerry gill Member Posts: 3,078
    hehehe

    he thinks??
    gwgillplumbingandheating.com
    Serving Cleveland's eastern suburbs from Cleveland Heights down to Cuyahoga Falls.

  • steamy ray vaughn
    steamy ray vaughn Member Posts: 30
    close call

    The boiler actually cracked the concrete pad it was sitting on and melted the transformer
  • steamy ray vaughn
    steamy ray vaughn Member Posts: 30
    close call

    The boiler actually cracked the concrete pad it was sitting on and melted the transformer
  • steamy ray vaughn
    steamy ray vaughn Member Posts: 30
    close call

    The boiler actually cracked the concrete pad it was sitting on and melted the transformer
  • lchmb
    lchmb Member Posts: 2,997
    WOW

    Scary stuff...think I'd pull the plug and run...
  • steamy ray vaughn
    steamy ray vaughn Member Posts: 30
    close call

    Went there the next morning the safguard 400 did not shut down the burner and the 47-2 lwco feed combo float was laying on a mountain of mud.  Cut in a bypass line to see if the vessel would hold nodice.  the returns where 90% plugged.  He has no idea how lucky he really was.
  • Dave in QCA
    Dave in QCA Member Posts: 1,788
    Scarey Stuff

    Run away dry firing is always scarey.  Makes me wonder why no one ever thinks of mounting an acquastat set at 240F.  It would shut the boiler down before any damage was done.  Of courese, the cast might still crack, but there were be better protection against a building fire.
    Dave in Quad Cities, America
    Weil-McLain 680 with Riello 2-stage burner, December 2012. Firing rate=375MBH Low, 690MBH Hi.
    System = Early Dunham 2-pipe Vacuo-Vapor (inlet and outlet both at bottom of radiators) Traps are Dunham #2 rebuilt w. Barnes-Jones Cage Units, Dunham-Bush 1E, Mepco 1E, and Armstrong TS-2. All valves haveTunstall orifices sized at 8 oz.
    Current connected load EDR= 1,259 sq ft, Original system EDR = 2,100 sq ft Vaporstat, 13 oz cutout, 4 oz cutin - Temp. control Tekmar 279.
    http://grandviewdavenport.com
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,316
    edited October 2011
    That is the

    first time I ever felt a triple post was valid and even necessary.  Kind of showed some emotion even tho it was a mistake..





    I'm about to install a Safegaurd 400 on my own boiler.  Is it common for them to fail like that?

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • Dave in QCA
    Dave in QCA Member Posts: 1,788
    Agree!

    with you on the triple post!
    Dave in Quad Cities, America
    Weil-McLain 680 with Riello 2-stage burner, December 2012. Firing rate=375MBH Low, 690MBH Hi.
    System = Early Dunham 2-pipe Vacuo-Vapor (inlet and outlet both at bottom of radiators) Traps are Dunham #2 rebuilt w. Barnes-Jones Cage Units, Dunham-Bush 1E, Mepco 1E, and Armstrong TS-2. All valves haveTunstall orifices sized at 8 oz.
    Current connected load EDR= 1,259 sq ft, Original system EDR = 2,100 sq ft Vaporstat, 13 oz cutout, 4 oz cutin - Temp. control Tekmar 279.
    http://grandviewdavenport.com
  • steamy ray vaughn
    steamy ray vaughn Member Posts: 30
    close call

    funny thing that the customer forgot to mention on the phone was that he had replaced the transformer prior to putting it into service.  He told me that he is a car mechanic. I don't think I'll be taking my car to him in the near future
  • Dave in QCA
    Dave in QCA Member Posts: 1,788
    radiator flush?

    At least I would not let him to a radiator / coolant flush! 

    By the way.....    qca= Quad Cities??
    Dave in Quad Cities, America
    Weil-McLain 680 with Riello 2-stage burner, December 2012. Firing rate=375MBH Low, 690MBH Hi.
    System = Early Dunham 2-pipe Vacuo-Vapor (inlet and outlet both at bottom of radiators) Traps are Dunham #2 rebuilt w. Barnes-Jones Cage Units, Dunham-Bush 1E, Mepco 1E, and Armstrong TS-2. All valves haveTunstall orifices sized at 8 oz.
    Current connected load EDR= 1,259 sq ft, Original system EDR = 2,100 sq ft Vaporstat, 13 oz cutout, 4 oz cutin - Temp. control Tekmar 279.
    http://grandviewdavenport.com
  • steamy ray vaughn
    steamy ray vaughn Member Posts: 30
    close call

    yep Quad Cities
  • Dave in QCA
    Dave in QCA Member Posts: 1,788
    Howdy

    Nice to see someone on here from home.  
    Dave in Quad Cities, America
    Weil-McLain 680 with Riello 2-stage burner, December 2012. Firing rate=375MBH Low, 690MBH Hi.
    System = Early Dunham 2-pipe Vacuo-Vapor (inlet and outlet both at bottom of radiators) Traps are Dunham #2 rebuilt w. Barnes-Jones Cage Units, Dunham-Bush 1E, Mepco 1E, and Armstrong TS-2. All valves haveTunstall orifices sized at 8 oz.
    Current connected load EDR= 1,259 sq ft, Original system EDR = 2,100 sq ft Vaporstat, 13 oz cutout, 4 oz cutin - Temp. control Tekmar 279.
    http://grandviewdavenport.com
  • steamy ray vaughn
    steamy ray vaughn Member Posts: 30
    hello

    hello back at ya. 
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