Residential Steam Boilers Don't Use Anodes...
I wonder if they should
In this video I set up a test/demo. See you in a couple months!
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Your wife must LOVE you!🤣
" But honey, it's for Science!"
Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.
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Paul, why do my clean dishes smell like Oil ?
(Apparently Paul's wife does not watch his videos)
Better skim that dishwasher.
National - U.S. Gas Boiler 45+ Years Old
Steam 300 SQ. FT. - EDR 347
One Pipe System
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Why aren’t engineering schools or boiler companies doing these kinds of experiments and posting the results?
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I'm sure the boiler manufacturers have done many many experiments over the decades. They generally don't want to share them because they don't want their competitors using the data that they didn't pay for.
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Because no one cares for multiple reasons.
Most view steam heat as obsolete and there's very little money in it in the grand scheme of things.
Also, when people do actually do tests and post results, they get ignored or made fun of if the results don't agree with people's beliefs.
Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.
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Since no one installs new steam heat anymore, I wonder what the "death rate" for how many steam boilers are sold every year is? I imagine it must drop a little every year as steam buildings are converted to hot water or heat pump and good steam installers are going the way of the do-do bird.
I imagine as time goes on parts and pieces will become more expensive.
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Heating the water and adding air with something like an aquarium air stone may speed things up a bit.
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Hmm. Thinking of putting 2 pipe into a new house. Just sayin'.
Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.2 -
why would you put a 2 pipe steam boiler system in a new home ?
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Simplicity, comfort and reliability.
Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.2 -
Do you mean as opposed to a 1-pipe system, or as opposed to a heat pump or something?
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I think a 1-pipe is simpler and more reliable, although the reliability of vents vs traps could be argued I guess.
But I like that a two-pipe system can use smaller pipe sizes and can be modulated easier on the fly.
I would put a 2-pipe system into a new house, no question about it.
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The deciding factor was the ability to modulate individual rads. "On the fly" as you said.
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I think it probably would, but based on my other test, I should see some results within a week anyway:
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