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what's this??

what this register set-up used for?? the old gravity coal furnace throughout the first and second floor!!

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  • a blast from the past

    found this on the second floor bath!!
  • did i mention this has.......

    a steam heating system!!
  • Paul Pollets
    Paul Pollets Member Posts: 3,663
    Their may be

    some steel fin tube or a convector within the wall. That is, if their is a steam system or HW system.

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  • Paul Pollets
    Paul Pollets Member Posts: 3,663
    Now I'd bet...

    that you've got some concealed supplemental steam coils or fintube convector behind the walls.

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  • lots of rads

    under covers, but did not have time to pull anything apart or get really nosy!!
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,387
    Murph, those are recessed convectors

    I'll bet theyre either Trane or Herman-Nelson, or maybe Webster. I have the Trane and H-N books that cover their early convectors- let me know if you need any info from them.

    This is probably a Vapor system of some sort- I didn't see anything definite in the boiler room pic to say for sure, but Vapor was much more common with convectors than one-pipe steam was. I know Trane used cast-in orifices in some of their convectors, not sure about H-N or Webster. On the Wall some time ago there was a thread in which those built-in orifices bit someone who made the mistake of converting them to hot water- the orifices cause some very loud whistling!

    And by the way, is that an old Ideal gas boiler sitting next to an Ideal smokeless coal boiler?

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  • here steamhead

    some more pics of the piping and traps!!
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,387
    Looks like a Webster Vapor System

    You might even find those old Webster Sylphon radiator traps! You might also find trap housings cast integral with the convector elements- be real careful with these, they're easy to break when trying to open them to replace the elements.

    The Vent Trap has a vacuum check mounted on top. I'd remove that- the short firing cycles of oil or gas can cause problems with steam distribution if you try to run vacuum.

    I have the catalogs for both the Ideal gas boiler and the National Jacketed coal boiler- tell me what model numbers they are and I'll post the pages.

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  • i seen that trap

    > You might even find those old Webster Sylphon

    > radiator traps! You might also find trap housings

    > cast integral with the convector elements- be

    > real careful with these, they're easy to break

    > when trying to open them to replace the

    > elements.

    >

    > The Vent Trap has a vacuum check

    > mounted on top. I'd remove that- the short firing

    > cycles of oil or gas can cause problems with

    > steam distribution if you try to run vacuum.

    >

    > I

    > have the catalogs for both the Ideal gas boiler

    > and the National Jacketed coal boiler- tell me

    > what model numbers they are and I'll post the

    > pages.

    >

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  • i seen that trap

    on the third floor somewhere, i think !! i was just there antique(ing) and after the BS session i was getting in a hurry!!

    going back today to pick-up a couple things and see if we can get that pic, frank i was thinking of you when i got in there to look!!
  • small 1/2 \" line runs bak

    > You might even find those old Webster Sylphon

    > radiator traps! You might also find trap housings

    > cast integral with the convector elements- be

    > real careful with these, they're easy to break

    > when trying to open them to replace the

    > elements.

    >

    > The Vent Trap has a vacuum check

    > mounted on top. I'd remove that- the short firing

    > cycles of oil or gas can cause problems with

    > steam distribution if you try to run vacuum.

    >

    > I

    > have the catalogs for both the Ideal gas boiler

    > and the National Jacketed coal boiler- tell me

    > what model numbers they are and I'll post the

    > pages.

    >

    > _A

    > HREF="http://www.heatinghelp.com/getListed.cfm?id=

    > 157&Step=30"_To Learn More About This Contractor,

    > Click Here to Visit Their Ad in "Find A

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  • small 1/2 \" line runs bak

    to the returns ,had not alot of time point and clik, but oh well here tis!!
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,387
    That's an ordinary Vapor radiator trap

    piped a little differently, but it does the same job- to pass air and condensate into the dry return, while blocking steam.

    You've got a heating museum there!

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