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Old Boiler

Alan (California Radiant) Forbes
Alan (California Radiant) Forbes Member Posts: 4,317
edited May 2021 in THE MAIN WALL
The contractor sent me pictures of this beauty. The phone number on the thermometer is "Fruitvale 4553".


8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour

Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab

Comments

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 11,872
    I think my biggest question might be about the breech behind it that looks to have an adapter on it that isn't nearly that old.
  • retiredguy
    retiredguy Member Posts: 1,002
    Looks like that is a very old Bryant with gravity flow.
  • HomerJSmith
    HomerJSmith Member Posts: 2,635
    Why can't these new mod-cons last that long?
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,627
    HomerJSmith said:

    Why can't these new mod-cons last that long?

    Planned obsolescence wasn't a thing when that Bryant was made.
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  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 17,280
    What @mattmia2 said. + they also had a team of bean counters looking over the engineers shoulders

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