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Controls on a oil fired boiler

GeoKnight
GeoKnight Member Posts: 6
in THE MAIN WALL
Does anyone know what this component is on the piping. Its an oil fired boiler converted from coal.


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  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 9,378
    edited January 2022
    DHW

    Back in the day, before tankless coils came inside the boiler, this was a standard "Side Arm Coil" for heating domestic hot water. Since the coal was already making heat for the home, why not use it to heat the new fangled indoor plumbing pipes for bathin' and cleanin'

    Edward Young Retired

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

  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 6,331
    When things are being held together with retort cement and high temp silicone, it's time for a new boiler.
    STEVEusaPASuperTech
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,474
    @HVACNUT , yeah but gravity hw it will probably out last all of us. Come to think of it the spply and return are small 1"?? maybe there is a pump hidden somewhere. Piping looks too small for gravity
  • Jon_blaney
    Jon_blaney Member Posts: 324
    I just watched a Youtube of a new oil burner being installed in a ole boiler/furnace. The burner sat on the floor and was just pushed up to the door with an insulation curtain to close the opening. This looks sophisticated compared to that install. Apparently, they make a pedestal for this purpose. This one could be sitting on the floor as well.
  • GeoKnight
    GeoKnight Member Posts: 6
    Jon_blaney said:

    I just watched a Youtube of a new oil burner being installed in a ole boiler/furnace. The burner sat on the floor and was just pushed up to the door with an insulation curtain to close the opening. This looks sophisticated compared to that install. Apparently, they make a pedestal for this purpose. This one could be sitting on the floor as well.

    Yea its proped with a lil cement block!

  • GeoKnight
    GeoKnight Member Posts: 6
    EBEBRATT-Ed said:

    @HVACNUT , yeah but gravity hw it will probably out last all of us. Come to think of it the spply and return are small 1"?? maybe there is a pump hidden somewhere. Piping looks too small for gravity

    Yea its 1” piping with a 007 on the back side.

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