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Star Wars droid that is also a boiler

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John W
John W Member Posts: 11
in Strictly Steam
Has anyone ever seen a boiler that looks like a droid?  Check this thing out.
Unfortunately, I think it is going to be taken out of service.  If there is a museum (or member of the community) that could put it to good use, let me know.  It’s currently in Brooklyn, NY.

Is the top chamber a low pressure zone used for separating entrained water from steam?
PrecaudMGLoz

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  • kcopp
    kcopp Member Posts: 4,432
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    Looks like an old Snowman boiler that has been stripped of all the insulation, gas piping and the doors... That was originally coal fired. That cant have been working in that condition. Its not steam. It is gravity hot water as the gauge glass is missing.
  • STEVEusaPA
    STEVEusaPA Member Posts: 6,506
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    John W said:

    Unfortunately, I think it is going to be taken out of service...

    Unfortunately???

    steve
    EdTheHeaterMan
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 16,835
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    Actually, it looks like a steamer that someone took the sight glass off of. That top chamber looks like a steam separator, as @John W thinks.

    What boiler are they replacing it with?
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  • unclejohn
    unclejohn Member Posts: 1,833
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    What kind of rads. Is there a expansion tank in the attic?
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 15,524
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    Should have been retired in the 50s
    EdTheHeaterMan
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,677
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    It looks like it was retired in the 50s.
    Half of it's missing.
    Single pipe quasi-vapor system. Typical operating pressure 0.14 - 0.43 oz. EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Control for Residential Steam boilers. Rectorseal Steamaster water treatment
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  • SlamDunk
    SlamDunk Member Posts: 1,580
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    Danger! Danger, Will Robinson!
    EdTheHeaterMan
  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 7,837
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    SlamDunk said:

    Danger! Danger, Will Robinson!

    I think more like one of Geroge Jetson's co-workers

    Edward F Young. Retired HVAC ContractorSpecialized in Residential Oil Burner and Hydronics
    Erin Holohan Haskell
  • SlamDunk
    SlamDunk Member Posts: 1,580
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    close call. to me it looks like a Class M3 Model B9 General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot, also known simply as the M3-B9 G.U.N.T.E.R.


  • Bill_Kitsch69
    Bill_Kitsch69 Member Posts: 48
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    Saw stuff like that in Philadelphia more times than I can shake a stick at; and unbelievable things.
  • debinski
    debinski Member Posts: 2
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    "bubble-headed boobie" -Dr Smith
    ethicalpaul
  • MGLoz
    MGLoz Member Posts: 1
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    The owner should post a pic on freecycle or fb marketplace. Some artist out there will make it into a sculpture. Or perhaps it would work as a rocket stove? Either way, out of landfill, repurposed.
  • DLM
    DLM Member Posts: 2
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    Here is a Happy Boiler in Denver I came across. It isn’t as weird as the one above but still somewhat whimsical.
    SuperTechSlamDunkErin Holohan HaskellPrecaud
  • UKN
    UKN Member Posts: 4
    edited September 2020
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    Ah, uh, although it looks worse than ours did when it finally gave up after some 81 years and replaced by hot water system; couldn't get anyone to dismantle the old beast so I did it myself and must say these guys really knew how to use the sand casting methods. It took me a few hours to finally remove all pipes and make the old boiler into a "rubble". The new system does of course include Taco pumps and control.





  • bio_guy
    bio_guy Member Posts: 89
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    Cool UKN, both the old and the new. What variety of HTP do you have now?

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