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Dan Peel
Dan Peel Member Posts: 431
in THE MAIN WALL
Still way too many hours. Just did a geo thermal, 4 ton, on an island and downhill from the wells. Your article on geo was perfectly timed and toned for this customer driven installation. Gets this year's prize for the worst application of highly efficient equipment, there's no good way to evac the water side during a power failure and the well lines are less than a foot below grade. Did I tell you it was customer driven...... Dan

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  • Climate Creator
    Climate Creator Member Posts: 103
    What is This?

    What is this thing that the white arrow is pointing at? What does it do and why is it Wired to the ceiling?

    Thanks
    Rich
  • Dan Peel
    Dan Peel Member Posts: 431
    Try this view

    A little brighter.Dan

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  • Mark Eatherton1
    Mark Eatherton1 Member Posts: 2,542
    For what its worth...

    heres a polarity reversed view...WWWOOOOEEE, that sucker was BIG. It's not worth opening...

    Sorry!

    ME
  • Mark Eatherton1
    Mark Eatherton1 Member Posts: 2,542
    I like yours better than mine...

    Hiya Dan, how's things north of the border?

    ME
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    Looks to me

    like an old damper regulator. It would have had weights attached to it when the boiler fired coal. That wire, it's just attached to the ceiling, right? Not wired to anything electrical, is it?
    Retired and loving it.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    They were wired

    to the ceiling to take the weight off so that the damper could be cemented shut when the boiler was converted.
    Most of them operated from a chain attached to a motorized control which was activated by a thermostatic control. I have actual specs that show these on equipment.
  • Climate Creator
    Climate Creator Member Posts: 103
    Nope

    Not wired to anything electrical, just to the ceiling to bypass whatever used to operate it. Even if it is not something used anymore I would still like to know more about it. I was there on a service call for a cad cell problem with another guy, and he asked me what it was, I could not tell him!! So I came here to find out, I hate not knowing!! Good thing I ALWAYS have a digital camera in my pocket, it's come in handy for so many things!! Also there are three of these boilers down there all the same except one doesnt have that damper on it...curious?

    On a side note, anyone know whatever happened with that Rheem dip tube issue they had? That water heater to the left is suspect. (Thought they did a recall or something?)

    Thanks Guys!!

    Rich
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    Here's a picture of a boiler

    with the device installed. It's from 1925 trade journal.
    Retired and loving it.
  • Climate Creator
    Climate Creator Member Posts: 103
    Ok..

    So then when there was a certain pressure the arm opened the klinker?

    CC
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    The opposite.

    It closed it, cutting the air to the fire lessening the pressure.
    Retired and loving it.
  • Climate Creator
    Climate Creator Member Posts: 103
    Thank You

    I am glad to know and understand now. You make it easier.

    Thanks,

    CC
  • Terry St.James_2
    Terry St.James_2 Member Posts: 102
    Pics

    Hey,Dan H. love that pic...really starting to see the beauty in those things. You should post more.
    And Dan P. where in the Great White North are you?
  • Dan Peel
    Dan Peel Member Posts: 431
    Short answer K9J 6W7

    The short answer is "Southern Ontario, east and north of Toronto". The better answer is - click on the find a pro link - I support the wall and advertise here. as soon as Dan H. finishes his edit the address will even be current. Enjoy.....Dan

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  • Terry St.James_2
    Terry St.James_2 Member Posts: 102
    From H4B2P7

    Dan Peel...nice to see another Canuck here. This is a great place found it a few months ago. I am in the west end of Montreal(it's ok...you don't have to speak french),but work all over the city. Tomorrow ...the Royal Victoria Hospital(well over a 100 years old) changing the boiler.
  • Mark Eatherton1
    Mark Eatherton1 Member Posts: 2,542
    Busier...

    than a one armed paper hanger in the wind. Already booked thru December and taking work for January and February.

    I think the economy has turned the corner, at least in Denver.

    ME
  • Tom M.
    Tom M. Member Posts: 237
    Coal Regulator

    Here is a picture of a coal damper regulator that was operated by a 16V doorbell transformer through a tstat. It was given to me by a customer who complained of a buzzing noise in the boiler room. The transformer that was buzzing was still connected to it even though the boiler has been gone for many years. It was mounted on a post and because it has two linkages, I assume it would close a damper on the inlet and open a flue damper to slow the draft.

    I used to have an older one that ran on spring tension. There was a 1 1/2 volt battery that pulled in a solenoid just for an instant to unlatch the mechanism and the spring would do the work of turning the linkages 180 degrees. There was a crank and a gauge to let you know when the spring needed to be wound.

    Tom M.
  • Dan Peel
    Dan Peel Member Posts: 431
    Bienvenue

    Welcome, you'll find there are quite a few Canadians and ex-pats here at the Wall. As long as we're polite Dan will let anybody come and hang out. Enjoy..... Dan

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