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Frosty Lives!

New England SteamWorks
New England SteamWorks Member Posts: 1,525
in Strictly Steam
Alive and well.

And believe it or not, I was not there to replace Frosty. Rather, an adjacent boiler, -a 20 year old New Yorker. Proof positive that they don't make 'em like they used to!

Frosty just keeps on ticking...


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Service, Installation, & Restoration of Steam Heating Systems
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  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,314
    Yeah, but it's probably about 40% efficient..............
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  • newagedawn
    newagedawn Member Posts: 586
    keeps on drinking oil by the ton,lol almost be better to go back to coal,lol
    "The bitter taste of a poor install lasts far longer than the JOY of the lowest price"
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,596
    When you walked down the stairs, Frosty probably looked at you and gulped. ("Is this it? Am I done?")

    And then you walked up the stairs ("Whew!")
    Retired and loving it.
    New England SteamWorksDouble DCanuckerDave in QCA
  • Danny Scully
    Danny Scully Member Posts: 1,437
    edited May 2018
    You leave your salesman hat in the car @New England SteamWorks? You should have taken that silk hat off frosty :wink:
  • New England SteamWorks
    New England SteamWorks Member Posts: 1,525
    Danny Scully said:

    You leave your salesman hat in the car @New England SteamWorks? You should have taken that silk hat off frosty :wink:

    No one knows it yet but me, but if I have my way the two systems will be combined with one MegaSteam and Frosty can enjoy a dignified retirement: Allowed to remain on station and in place, but sedentary!

    New England SteamWorks
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  • bill714
    bill714 Member Posts: 22
    Wow that is a old one! I remember my dad telling me he had to go down early in the morning and knock down the fire and remove the Clinkers and then put a few shovel full in. What are Clinkers anyway??
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,255
    I suspect Frosty is suffering from a case of delayed ignition with the door wired shut
  • Dave0176
    Dave0176 Member Posts: 1,178
    Convert it back to coal!!!! Lol
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  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 6,220
    When its being held together by wires and retort cement, it's time to pull the plug.
    Looks like everything on the Beckett is original. If there's a little zip tie around the wiring under the primary, it means (usually) nothings been replaced. I dont see too many Webster pumps anymore.
    That is asbestos right?

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