Pictures of Your Boiler

 
lzaharis
Member
Posts: 2358
Joined: Sun. Mar. 25, 2007 8:41 pm
Location: Ithaca, New York
Stoker Coal Boiler: Keystoker KAA-4-1 dual fuel boiler
Hand Fed Coal Boiler: former switzer CWW100-sold
Coal Size/Type: rice
Other Heating: kerosene for dual fuel Keystoker/unused

Post by lzaharis » Fri. Mar. 19, 2021 8:48 am

Yes, we need a Hartford Loop and a pair of B+G McDonnel and Miller RB-122-E Low Water Cut offs wired in series to prevent the boiler from boiling dry and a very large drop header for dry steam and a new steamtrol most likely.

The you tube video shows a new boiler with a drop header.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MArEZBhDPag

 
User avatar
Cdawg
Member
Posts: 41
Joined: Mon. Aug. 05, 2019 7:03 pm
Location: Canaan New Hampshire
Stoker Coal Boiler: efm df520
Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Tarm 402
Hand Fed Coal Stove: Warm Morning
Coal Size/Type: Nut,Stove,(buckwheat soon)
Other Heating: Fireplace

Post by Cdawg » Tue. Jul. 06, 2021 6:38 am

Sitting in shed for testing.

Attachments

20210703_181031.jpg
.JPG | 307.2KB | 20210703_181031.jpg
20210630_115418.jpg
.JPG | 255.2KB | 20210630_115418.jpg

 
Ra1pchair
New Member
Posts: 8
Joined: Tue. Jan. 25, 2022 2:51 pm
Location: Southern Lancaster Co.
Stoker Coal Boiler: losch
Coal Size/Type: Changed from buckwheat to rice

Post by Ra1pchair » Mon. Feb. 21, 2022 4:37 pm

Thought I would send a video of the flex auger I installed last summer. I wasn’t sure it would work as it turned vertical

Attachments

IMG_1966.MOV
.MOV | 48.7MB | IMG_1966.MOV

 
User avatar
nepacoal
Member
Posts: 1690
Joined: Wed. Nov. 21, 2012 7:49 am
Location: Coal Country
Stoker Coal Boiler: Keystoker KAA-4 / "Kelly" and an EFM 520 at my in-laws
Hand Fed Coal Boiler: Harman SF-260 - retired
Coal Size/Type: Buck

Post by nepacoal » Mon. Feb. 21, 2022 7:23 pm

Ra1pchair wrote:
Mon. Feb. 21, 2022 4:37 pm
Thought I would send a video of the flex auger I installed last summer. I wasn’t sure it would work as it turned vertical
Very nice setup! The typical farm augers I've seen make huge amounts of dust using coal. I couldn't see any dust coming out of your flex auger. Was that coal completely dry?


 
Ra1pchair
New Member
Posts: 8
Joined: Tue. Jan. 25, 2022 2:51 pm
Location: Southern Lancaster Co.
Stoker Coal Boiler: losch
Coal Size/Type: Changed from buckwheat to rice

Post by Ra1pchair » Fri. Feb. 25, 2022 3:39 pm

Mostly dry but still some dust on occasion

 
User avatar
SMITTY
Member
Posts: 12496
Joined: Sun. Dec. 11, 2005 12:43 pm
Location: West-Central Mass
Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520 Highboy
Coal Size/Type: Rice / Blaschak anthracite
Other Heating: Oil fired Burnham boiler

Post by SMITTY » Mon. Dec. 12, 2022 10:50 pm

Just realized I never posted any pics in here. They're everywhere else, lol.

Here's my EFM520 Highboy. Installed 1 month ago today. Was restored over 10 years ago, and sat in a buddy's barn for all that time, then spent a year sitting here. It's got a Fitzgibbon boiler built in 1951, and a EFM stoker unit. I plumbed and wired it to the existing Burnham oil boiler.

Zero complaints. Old stuff just plain WORKS!
Screen Shot 2021-07-13 at 5.19.08 PM.png
.PNG | 3.8MB | Screen Shot 2021-07-13 at 5.19.08 PM.png
IMG_3399.jpeg
.JPEG | 569KB | IMG_3399.jpeg
IMG_3401.jpeg
.JPEG | 493.9KB | IMG_3401.jpeg
IMG_3455.jpeg
.JPEG | 442KB | IMG_3455.jpeg
IMG_5109.jpeg
.JPEG | 341.7KB | IMG_5109.jpeg
IMG_6316.jpeg
.JPEG | 558.6KB | IMG_6316.jpeg
IMG_6317.jpeg
.JPEG | 506KB | IMG_6317.jpeg
IMG_6722.jpeg
.JPEG | 578.4KB | IMG_6722.jpeg
IMG_6859.jpeg
.JPEG | 599.4KB | IMG_6859.jpeg
IMG_6862.jpeg
.JPEG | 526.3KB | IMG_6862.jpeg
IMG_6926.jpeg
.JPEG | 470.6KB | IMG_6926.jpeg
IMG_6937.jpeg
.JPEG | 554.5KB | IMG_6937.jpeg
IMG_7362.jpeg
.JPEG | 813.9KB | IMG_7362.jpeg
IMG_7270.mov
.MOV | 24.2MB | IMG_7270.mov

Attachments

IMG_6942.jpeg
.JPEG | 589KB | IMG_6942.jpeg

 
User avatar
Retro_Origin
Member
Posts: 900
Joined: Sun. Feb. 21, 2021 7:46 pm
Location: Schuylkill county
Stoker Coal Boiler: 1957 Axeman Anderson 130
Coal Size/Type: Buckwheat / Pea

Post by Retro_Origin » Wed. Dec. 14, 2022 9:11 pm

Nice pics! Thanks for sharing. I've just added "lowering down a hefty arse boiler base a flight of wooden steps" to my bucket/adventure list....

 
User avatar
CoalisCoolxWarm
Member
Posts: 2323
Joined: Wed. Jan. 19, 2011 11:41 am
Location: Western PA
Stoker Coal Boiler: Keystoker KA-6
Hand Fed Coal Furnace: old Sears rebuilt, bituminous- offline as of winter 2014
Coal Size/Type: Anthracite Buckwheat
Other Heating: Oil Boiler

Post by CoalisCoolxWarm » Sun. Dec. 18, 2022 7:40 pm

Boilers and steps are fun. Caught a neighbor a few years back with boiler on truck backed into the basement door. I stopped and the 3 of us knocked it out using planks and a strap hooked to the bumper.

It looks good in there, Smitty! What is the blue thing on the boiler, auger? I don't see anything hooked to it.


 
User avatar
SMITTY
Member
Posts: 12496
Joined: Sun. Dec. 11, 2005 12:43 pm
Location: West-Central Mass
Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520 Highboy
Coal Size/Type: Rice / Blaschak anthracite
Other Heating: Oil fired Burnham boiler

Post by SMITTY » Mon. Dec. 19, 2022 11:45 pm

The blue tube is the auger going into that old, blue(ish) plastic 55 gallon drum. The other blue thing is the stoker mechanism on the opposite side. I'll see if I can attach a video of it running.

To help getting stuff up and down the stairs, I ripped a sheet of plywood in half, then screwed it to the stairs. Made getting back upstairs a ton of fun ... and exercise, since there's no other way out of the basement. When I got that boiler wedged into the doorway to the basement, that plank stayed screwed down for 9 months! Imagine the fun I had having to climb OVER the boiler, then slide down the plywood in order to push the red reset button on my failing 27 year old Beckett oil burner EVERY single day, sometimes six times per day! That provided a little kick in the ass to get moving on the project. :D

Retro_Origin wrote:
Wed. Dec. 14, 2022 9:11 pm
Nice pics! Thanks for sharing. I've just added "lowering down a hefty arse boiler base a flight of wooden steps" to my bucket/adventure list....
Thanks, Keith! Always an adventure getting heavy stuff down stairs. You just have to remember you only have to do it once (usually!). In my case I've done it FOUR times! A Harman Mark I down the stairs then back up 3 years later, a Mark III down and back up 5 years later (both sold), a custom coal stoker boiler down, then back up 8 years later (Coalheat is now in possession of it), and now the EFM520 down ... and will NEVER come back up again so long as I'm alive!! :lol:
IMG_7270.mov
.MOV | 24.2MB | IMG_7270.mov

 
User avatar
Retro_Origin
Member
Posts: 900
Joined: Sun. Feb. 21, 2021 7:46 pm
Location: Schuylkill county
Stoker Coal Boiler: 1957 Axeman Anderson 130
Coal Size/Type: Buckwheat / Pea

Post by Retro_Origin » Wed. Dec. 21, 2022 5:55 pm

Seems like everyone with a 520 is a happy camper so you probably won’t be moving it again! That’s one of the most attractive things to me about the Axeman, it’s a lightweight powerhouse! Two of us carried it down my basement steps!

 
User avatar
SMITTY
Member
Posts: 12496
Joined: Sun. Dec. 11, 2005 12:43 pm
Location: West-Central Mass
Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520 Highboy
Coal Size/Type: Rice / Blaschak anthracite
Other Heating: Oil fired Burnham boiler

Post by SMITTY » Sat. Dec. 24, 2022 6:54 am

NICE! That makes life MUCH easier! I wish I could've carried this thing, lol. I'd have had it installed in 2021! I also just found out that the boiler alone weighs about 300 pounds MORE than I thought! Around 1,150!! :o No wonder we struggled!! Good thing my stairs were built in 1920 or so, lol.

I just shot a YouTube vid on the boiler install. Not an installation video, but just telling the tale with pictures:


 
User avatar
davidmcbeth3
Member
Posts: 8505
Joined: Sun. Jun. 14, 2009 2:31 pm
Coal Size/Type: nut/pea/anthra

Post by davidmcbeth3 » Sat. Dec. 24, 2022 10:11 am

Retro_Origin wrote:
Wed. Dec. 14, 2022 9:11 pm
Nice pics! Thanks for sharing. I've just added "lowering down a hefty arse boiler base a flight of wooden steps" to my bucket/adventure list....
My oil boiler, like yours in pic went out few years back. About 600-800 lbs ... I put a 2by4 across the first floor threshold and winched the boiler down on a dolly. About 1" clearance through the doorway like yours. I was younger back then. Did it myself.

The boiler was $1800 ..my state requires only licensed plumbers are able to buy ... Home Depot asked if I was and I said "sure".. it provides hot water. My Hitzer provides heat.

Took one day to do the piping. Then another day to fix the leaky ones.

Boilers are pretty simple machines. Nice pics....looks like your getting it into place was slightly more complicated than mine was.

 
User avatar
SMITTY
Member
Posts: 12496
Joined: Sun. Dec. 11, 2005 12:43 pm
Location: West-Central Mass
Stoker Coal Boiler: EFM 520 Highboy
Coal Size/Type: Rice / Blaschak anthracite
Other Heating: Oil fired Burnham boiler

Post by SMITTY » Wed. Jan. 11, 2023 1:18 pm

Yeah thank God for that (the simplicity), Dave!

I think MA is the same, but I always buy everything on the net, or used, so less questions are asked.

That's how I did all the other boilers ... same as you, only the winch or cable was attached to a board nailed across 3 studs, since the doorway is off to the side. Thats how this one started off. Then, the board yanked out of the studs and all 1150 lbs. went careening down the stairs at 100 MPH! :lol: Saved us some time anyway! :D

Post Reply

Return to “Stoker Coal Boilers Using Anthracite (Hydronic & Steam)”