NECA "MIDY" boiler???

Kevin_71

Hello to all of you...I'm looking to replace my ancient home boiler (Crane "Sunnyday 11") and on Craigslist I came across this MIDI boiler: http://nh.craigslist.org/mat/4654717404.html. I used to do some heating and AC work years ago but have been out of touch with this sort of stuff for ages. Had never heard of said brand of boiler until today...are they a decent enough rig? This one is petty much in line capacity wise compared to the old one (Crane was 90,000 btu's IBR rating, MIDI is 86,000 btu's at .70 gph). Any thoughts or input on this is greatly appreciated!

Steamhead

That's a new one on me.... is it a 3-pass type?

Kevin_71

Honestly can't tell from the ad on CL....the info tag is a tad blurry...As a guess it seems to be a pretty efficient setup, getting 86,000 btu's out of .70 gph of #2 oil....

SWEI

Are you sure you actually need an 86k boiler? Has anyone done a heat loss calc on the building?

kcopp

NECA was a fairly popular boiler around seacoast and Southern NH about 25 years ago. Jim Quincy who now deals with Biasi out of portsmouth was the importer. It is a 3 pass boiler.
Start w/ the heatloss calculation. I would keep looking. A LOT can happen to a boiler in 25 years.