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Star Wars droid that is also a boiler
John W
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Has anyone ever seen a boiler that looks like a droid? Check this thing out.
Unfortunately, I think it is going to be taken out of service. If there is a museum (or member of the community) that could put it to good use, let me know. It’s currently in Brooklyn, NY.
Is the top chamber a low pressure zone used for separating entrained water from steam?
Unfortunately, I think it is going to be taken out of service. If there is a museum (or member of the community) that could put it to good use, let me know. It’s currently in Brooklyn, NY.
Is the top chamber a low pressure zone used for separating entrained water from steam?
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Looks like an old Snowman boiler that has been stripped of all the insulation, gas piping and the doors... That was originally coal fired. That cant have been working in that condition. Its not steam. It is gravity hot water as the gauge glass is missing.0
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Actually, it looks like a steamer that someone took the sight glass off of. That top chamber looks like a steam separator, as @John W thinks.
What boiler are they replacing it with?All Steamed Up, Inc.
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What kind of rads. Is there a expansion tank in the attic?0
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Edward Young Retired
After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?
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close call. to me it looks like a Class M3 Model B9 General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot, also known simply as the M3-B9 G.U.N.T.E.R.
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Saw stuff like that in Philadelphia more times than I can shake a stick at; and unbelievable things.0
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The owner should post a pic on freecycle or fb marketplace. Some artist out there will make it into a sculpture. Or perhaps it would work as a rocket stove? Either way, out of landfill, repurposed.0
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Ah, uh, although it looks worse than ours did when it finally gave up after some 81 years and replaced by hot water system; couldn't get anyone to dismantle the old beast so I did it myself and must say these guys really knew how to use the sand casting methods. It took me a few hours to finally remove all pipes and make the old boiler into a "rubble". The new system does of course include Taco pumps and control.
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Cool UKN, both the old and the new. What variety of HTP do you have now?0
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