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American Radiator and Sanitary Standard Steam Boiler Series 1BJ1

arss
arss Member Posts: 1
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I have this old honker heating my house. there is a side mount tank/coil for hot water. First I'd like to know how old it is. Second, it has started filling up with water sometimes without adding any. The feeder valve is a ball valve so I don't think that is it. Could it be back feeding from the side mount if that copper coil is leaking?

Thanks

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  • Fred
    Fred Member Posts: 8,542
    @arss , any pictures?
  • STEAM DOCTOR
    STEAM DOCTOR Member Posts: 2,452
    Could definitely be the coil. Might also be the ball valve. Even ball valves go bad. Coil is much more likely.
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 18,865
    Could be the coil or the ball valve
  • JUGHNE
    JUGHNE Member Posts: 11,505
    Does it have a LWCO with feeder?
  • retiredguy
    retiredguy Member Posts: 1,067
    American Radiator and Standard Sanitary merged in 1929, so the boiler is older than that. My dad worked for Standard Sanitary for a short time making toilets and that was a long time ago.

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