Need help with eddy system steam boiler.
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I sold a steam boiler job in a very old historical house thinking it was just a typical steam boiler swap out. We'll I get here and start noticing weird things and found out it a vacuum style system called, the eddy system, atleast I believe. But im just wondering if it will still work ok if I swap just the unit out with a new steam boiler and leave the piping all the same. If some one reaches put and knows about this, I have more details. Thanks in advance. Hope someone can chime In on it.
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x2 on this. And since it's a vacuum/vapor system, the boiler sizing is going to be especially critical.
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Let's go..pictures well get you through it. This is how u learn The Steam . Mad Dog
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@steamdoctor I will get some pics tomorrow. But yes, I did see the job before qouting it. But it really just looked like a traditional steam boiler at first. The only thing I missed and didn't notice for some reason, was the radiator didn't have a vent, they have a small pipe running down about ⅜" instead of vent. Reason I didn't notice is because they had covers on them. Also, they went down into the basement into what looks like an expansion tank. Which was kind of tucked away too. Only reason I noticed was because the homeowner pointed it out and asked what it was. At first I told him an expansion tank but I had no clue why a steam boiler would have one. So I researched myself and found it was a vacuum system. Which I've never heard of. Besides that, everything else looks exactly the same as a traditional stream boiler.
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@brklynzoo07 , the Eddy System is covered in chapter 15 of @DanHolohan 's book "The Lost Art of Steam Heating". Do you have a copy? If not you can get it here:
All Steamed Up, Inc.
Towson, MD, USA
Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
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Yes...If you're going to tackle this job, which you should, you MUST purchase & read Lost Art...Mad Dog
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