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gerry gill

Burnham IN9 install on a Milvaco System.

BobC

Nice job, I'm sure they will enjoy the fuel savings.

Bob

EzzyT

Beautiful work as always Gerry

ChrisJ

Beautiful work.
But boy do those 2" risers look tiny on an IN9, eh?

gerry gill

ChrisJ said:

Beautiful work.
But boy do those 2" risers look tiny on an IN9, eh?

yes, they do..but it seems to work for their boilers so i guess they figure why argue with success..

Steamhead

I'm sure this will work as good as it looks- beautifully.

rick in Alaska

Two questions: how do you keep the pipe dope cleaned off after threading in to the fittings, and what do you use for a pipe wrench to not mark the fittings up?
Nice clean looking job.
Rick

ChrisJ

rick in Alaska said:

Two questions: how do you keep the pipe dope cleaned off after threading in to the fittings, and what do you use for a pipe wrench to not mark the fittings up?
Nice clean looking job.
Rick

I'm betting he uses very little tape and dope, so none ends up in the exposed threads. Also, I *think* cast iron fittings don't usually show teeth marks like malleable. Never paid attention honestly, but that's my guess.

gerry gill

rick in Alaska said:

Two questions: how do you keep the pipe dope cleaned off after threading in to the fittings, and what do you use for a pipe wrench to not mark the fittings up?
Nice clean looking job.
Rick

actually i do use alot of blue monster thread tape covered in megaloc pipe thread dope. But my personal pet peeve is seeing pipe thread compound on a completed install. Since i was on this job myself, i figured i would lead by example and spent about two hours with a razor blade and a wire brush. I know...its anal..but its a personal psychological issue..i don't enforce it with the guys, but i figure if they watch me doing it, it may rub off...maybe..as for pipe wrenches, we just use standard wrenches..we take them off to reposition, we don't ratchet them..maybe thats why the marks are minimal.

Fred

Beautiful Job. I love it!

The Steam Whisperer

Looks great.....Which I expected nothing less! What's that pipe near the wall that looks like a false water line, but reversed.

gerry gill

The Steam Whisperer said:

Looks great.....Which I expected nothing less! What's that pipe near the wall that looks like a false water line, but reversed.

That is a false water line. The vent doesn't matter where it is placed as long as its on the top, as its function is just to provide a siphon break so one doesn't get the effect of a 'bucket flush' on a toilet during the initial cold start up heavy condensate load. This is a vapor system, and on vapor systems we run the siphon break pipe up to the ceiling as an open pipe, (no air vent needed).

The Steam Whisperer

So there is no balance pipe connected to the system side of the loop to equalize pressure on the return? It looks like you are just using the stacked water in the pipe to equalize the pressure on the end of the return.....I 've done that before.

gerry gill

Correct. Hows the steam business in Chicago these days?

Danny Scully

Is that water feed in gal?

gerry gill

yes, gallons..hydrolevel vxt-24

KC_Jones

Is that old Vaporstat off the old boiler? Is it more accurate than the new ones?

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Danny Scully

No I meant is the piping galvanized lol

Robert O'Connor_12

Real nice job!

Gordo

You, sir, are a steely-eyed steam man!

Liking the old old style vaporstat. If they are off, do you try to adjust them?

Like the use of the 1/2" stainless piping around the vxt.

Interesting that stainless is now cheaper than brass in many cases, now that brass is no longer a "Californian killer".

gerry gill

Danny Scully said:

No I meant is the piping galvanized lol

lol..i'm sorry Danny- i had a brain traf..we started doing these feeders in stainless as Gordo picked up on when Steve determined that the feeders were significantly more stable when piped with ridgid pipe..but we didn't want to use black for it..i guess its kind of obvious in retrospect..now i wonder why we ever piped them directly with copper..i guess another brain traf

gerry gill

Gordo said:

You, sir, are a steely-eyed steam man!

Liking the old old style vaporstat. If they are off, do you try to adjust them?

Like the use of the 1/2" stainless piping around the vxt.

Interesting that stainless is now cheaper than brass in many cases, now that brass is no longer a "Californian killer".

Hi Gordo- yes i will tinker with the vaporstats. Especially the new ones which tend to not work. I figure if they aren't working i have nothing to loss by employing the 'what happens if i turn this screw ' principal..lol..

gerry gill

KC_Jones said:

Is that old Vaporstat off the old boiler? Is it more accurate than the new ones?

Hi KC- yes, that old vaporstat is off the old boiler. We will reuse a mercury switch everytime as the new units suck...er..i mean need more R&D

ttekushan_3

Wow. Exceptional work. It seems almost as if you've done this sort of thing before.

SWEI

Gordo said:

Interesting that stainless is now cheaper than brass in many cases

Around here, 304SS nipples and fittings sell for just under half the price of LF brass.

Side note: There appear to be benefits from using both tape and dope on threaded SS-SS connections. SS-brass, SS-steel, and SS-copper all work pretty well with either or IME.