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Saw a couple of real death traps today!

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in THE MAIN WALL
Hey, you mean a tank like this?<BR>Lots of these around.<BR>Bet this draft control worked <i>real well</i> too.<BR>But that`s gone, a Prestige is in there now.<BR><BR>Dave

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  • Spudwrench
    Spudwrench Member Posts: 47
    Death traps

    I was touring some real estate today with friends looking to buy a house and saw some amazing stuff.

    Worst: a boiler which someone had added a shutoff valve after the T&P valve. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH PEOPLE? The diapragm type expansion tank was sideways, piped in 1/2 copper and "supported" by a 2X4 propping it up. HWBB throughout the house, piped pretty sloppily but probably fully functional.

    Next worst: A hot water heater with a yard long horizontal flue pitched down! Didn't appear to be spilling, but even so, not good.

    It really makes you wonder what might be lurking next door.

    Nathan
  • Spudwrench
    Spudwrench Member Posts: 47


    "my" expansion tank was much worse; it must have been on at least a foot of 1/2" pipe!

    Is the problem with the draft control that it's not set horizontally square to the flue pipe? (I'm used to the hood style with natural gas atmospheric burners)

    Nathan
  • Steamhead (in transit)
    Steamhead (in transit) Member Posts: 6,688
    That's right

    it has to be level to work properly. You can see where someone did a combustion test at some point, wonder why they didn't catch the regulator problem?

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    Thanks Frank,

    this small boiler room contained an E20 conversion burner, and a Superflue DV water-heater with no C/A supply period!!
    That test-tag was put there by the gas utility in Feb/06.

    Dave
  • Steamhead (in transit)
    Steamhead (in transit) Member Posts: 6,688
    Good place for an indirect

    you only have to supply enough CA for one burner.

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    Thanks again Frank,

    but as I said, there is a Prestige with indirect now, the guy loves it.

    Dave
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