Special thanks to Steamhead

gerry gill

I had a call from a fellow in the country side in Ohio who has a Mouat system with a bad original oil burner. I'm 60 now and spent my entire trade life working in areas served with gas. Not only did i not know how to replace an oil burner, i had never seen an oil burner. ..I know, the oil guys are saying whats the big deal..lol... but i didn't want to do something stupid so i called the one person i knew, who would know, and Steamhead made a road trip for it.
It was a pleasure to kibbutz with him again. It had been a long time since we crossed paths in Chicago and Cleveland. Needless to say Steamhead got the new burner up and running lickedy split. And taught this old dog some new tricks.

Thanks again for the conversation, and the education, not to mention Mr. Mouat is smiling upon you from his grave for rescuing one of his systems.

nicholas bonham-carter

I believe Mr. Mouat is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland, if you want to check his smile!
The Garfield Monument there is a work of art as well.--NBC

gerry gill

nicholas bonham-carter said:

I believe Mr. Mouat is buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland, if you want to check his smile!
The Garfield Monument there is a work of art as well.--NBC

He is. I actually have his grave location info somewhere in my records.

JohnNY

I also want to thank Steamhead. Just for being Steamhead. And really, isn't that enough?

Steamhead

gerry gill said:

I had a call from a fellow in the country side in Ohio who has a Mouat system with a bad original oil burner. I'm 60 now and spent my entire trade life working in areas served with gas. Not only did i not know how to replace an oil burner, i had never seen an oil burner. ..I know, the oil guys are saying whats the big deal..lol... but i didn't want to do something stupid so i called the one person i knew, who would know, and Steamhead made a road trip for it.
It was a pleasure to kibbutz with him again. It had been a long time since we crossed paths in Chicago and Cleveland. Needless to say Steamhead got the new burner up and running lickedy split. And taught this old dog some new tricks.

Thanks again for the conversation, and the education, not to mention Mr. Mouat is smiling upon you from his grave for rescuing one of his systems.

The pleasure was mine, Gerry.

And I'll bet Reginald W. Beckett is smiling too, because one of his original burners lasted as long as it did. It was making lots of soot though, not sure if this was due to improper setup or something else. We replaced it with a current-model Beckett AF.

That Beckett Commodore model CB-1 burner was interesting. It's an axial-flow design like the Midco RE series gas burners use. And I've never seen an air tube that was shaped like a fire-hose nozzle- 5" down to 4" IIRC. That must have made for some serious air velocity. There was no spinner vane inside the tube- if it came from the factory that way, they must have relied on that velocity to mix the sprayed oil with the air.

JohnNY said:

I also want to thank Steamhead. Just for being Steamhead. And really, isn't that enough?

Sounds dangerous

Oh, if any of you are thinking of traveling through Wheeling, WV over the next few months- don't. They have the main I-70 interchange all torn out. If you're just passing thru, use the I-470 bypass. If you're connecting with one of the other highways running thru there, do it elsewhere. It's one detour after another and they're not always marked properly. I came back via Steubenville, OH and Weirton, WV on US 22.

EBEBRATT-Ed

I only saw 1 Beckett Commodore and I remember the axial flow. I do remember not being impressed with the fire

DanHolohan

I love this story. 

Tim McElwain

Steamhead just being Steamhead as always willing to help!

gerry gill

DanHolohan said:

I love this story. 

And much thanks to you Dan as its this site that facilitated my eventual meeting with Steamhead in the first place. It’s a small world 😉

DanHolohan

It is, Gerry. Thanks.