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Help me identify this boiler!

benrizzoli
benrizzoli Member Posts: 2
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Hello, all! My name is Ben and I am new here on the forum. I am a young master plumber in New Jersey. I came across this boiler on a no heat call earlier today. So cool to see something like this still in service! I was hoping someone with more experience than myself could help identify it. It’s an American Standard. 
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  • Alan (California Radiant) Forbes
    Alan (California Radiant) Forbes Member Posts: 4,215
    edited November 2023
    That's an old one alright. It probably has a copper coil heat exchanger inside like A.O. Smith Burkay boilers.

    That very old Bell & Gossett pump is probably the original pump that was installed when the boiler went in.
    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
    benrizzoli
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,500
    Never seen that one before. It does resemble a Burkay
    benrizzoli
  • Derheatmeister
    Derheatmeister Member Posts: 1,581
    This boiler is over 50 years old and very heavy (Cast iron not CU ) !
    About 7 years ago we replaced one of these boilers with a different one.
    Since the American Standard boiler was installed under a stair case we did not have many boilers choose from so we installed a Teledyne Laars mini therm.
    benrizzoli
  • benrizzoli
    benrizzoli Member Posts: 2
    Thanks for the responses, everyone. No surprise the thing is heavy, they certainly don’t make them like this anymore! 
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 10,955
    It is more like 60-70, that style of boiler was common in the 50's and 60's or so.

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