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Star Wars droid that is also a boiler

John W
John W Member Posts: 11
in Strictly Steam
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?
PrecaudMGLoz

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  • kcopp
    kcopp Member Posts: 4,472
    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.
  • STEVEusaPA
    STEVEusaPA Member Posts: 6,505
    John W said:

    Unfortunately, I think it is going to be taken out of service...

    Unfortunately???

    There was an error rendering this rich post.

    EdTheHeaterMan
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,387
    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?
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  • unclejohn
    unclejohn Member Posts: 1,833
    What kind of rads. Is there a expansion tank in the attic?
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,495
    Should have been retired in the 50s
    EdTheHeaterMan
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,317
    It looks like it was retired in the 50s.
    Half of it's missing.

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

    EdTheHeaterMan
  • SlamDunk
    SlamDunk Member Posts: 1,670
    Danger! Danger, Will Robinson!
    EdTheHeaterMan
  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 9,403
    SlamDunk said:

    Danger! Danger, Will Robinson!

    I think more like one of Geroge Jetson's co-workers

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

    Erin Holohan Haskell
  • SlamDunk
    SlamDunk Member Posts: 1,670
    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.


  • Bill_Kitsch69
    Bill_Kitsch69 Member Posts: 49
    Saw stuff like that in Philadelphia more times than I can shake a stick at; and unbelievable things.
  • debinski
    debinski Member Posts: 2
    "bubble-headed boobie" -Dr Smith
    ethicalpaul
  • MGLoz
    MGLoz Member Posts: 1
    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.
  • DLM
    DLM Member Posts: 2

    Here is a Happy Boiler in Denver I came across. It isn’t as weird as the one above but still somewhat whimsical.
    SuperTechSlamDunkErin Holohan HaskellPrecaud
  • UKN
    UKN Member Posts: 4
    edited September 2020
    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.





  • bio_guy
    bio_guy Member Posts: 90
    Cool UKN, both the old and the new. What variety of HTP do you have now?

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