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Post by keegs » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 6:25 am

Is it a diving bell? A robot character cut from the script of the movie "20000 Leagues Under the Sea".

I ran pex when the walls and ceilings were open and stubbed out for radiator connections to each room so I'm almost ready to go should the urge move me.

Could this beast be used for making domestic hot water .... could it (also) be used to heat a 2 story 800 sq ft. house. Do I need an electric pump to circulate the hot water (or glycol) ? If the coal fire is burning all the time, how efficient can this beast be... or am I looking at this wrong?

Your thoughts please?

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Post by Rob R. » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 6:56 am

Looks like a "bucket a day" water heater. You could use it to heat your domestic hot water, or for heating. I am not sure of the capacity, or how easy it would be to control in a heating application.

 
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Post by keegs » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 7:19 am

It looks like it could be dangerous and maybe something a novice shouldn't get involved with.... :)

 
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Post by lsayre » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 7:29 am

keegs wrote:
Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 7:19 am
It looks like it could be dangerous and maybe something a novice shouldn't get involved with.... :)
I agree, and I would imagine the company which provides homeowner insurance would also.

 
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Post by freetown fred » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 7:42 am

Probably no more dangerous then your chubby once ya got her tightened up! :) They didn't play back when.

 
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Post by tsb » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 7:44 am

Fill it and fire it. The devil hates a coward.

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 7:46 am

It will heat your water, but not your house.


 
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Post by lincolnmania » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 8:59 am

that company is still in business, and not too far from me. i have a peerless oil fired hot air furnace. we had a peerless water heater from 1946 until 1991.

 
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Post by keegs » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 9:05 am

Thanks all for the feedback... I think I'll shine up the Chubby and call it a day. :)

 
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Post by McGiever » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 10:35 am

I'm running one of these right now as a test. They have a "H" stamp for ASME.

If piped proper and w/ pressure releif valve for safety it is just like any other boiler vessel.
Better pressure rating than most any other boilers, since it's rated at 125 psi...normal boiler is rated at only 30 psi.

For my testing I'm heating 80 indirect gallons from 80* F up to 145*F in a couple hours using a pump.
Then I switch it over to a 4' and a 6' parallel piped fin tube BB until going back to water heating.

When I got mine I got the storage tank that was matched to boiler when new. THAT, I will not use.

BTW: OP's Peerless is a re-badged unit made by Werner Foundry of Landsdale, PA :)

 
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Post by coalnewbie » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 12:10 pm

A.R.& S.S. used the best austenitic steel, very high in chromium and will never rust.Perhaps 20-25% chromium. I will set it up for wash day right long side her serrated wash board. Nothing but the best for Shelley. Them new fangled washers always go wrong. Yah can't baby them, or next she will want a dryer and I already have a bucket of clothes clips ready for a sunny day.

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Post by coalnewbie » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 5:53 pm

So you don't like our water heater... They did a 65, 125 and 250... You can always add a T&P valve and take off the bushing and run 2" (3"??) iron up a story to a big ol' rad and it will run just by convection - no pump. Did this with a Rayburn in my youth you warm the bedrooms. 50% glycol and run it outside. Try that with your AO Smith heater. My Lister CS/6 generator cools by convection too. All this new fangled stuff..... :lol:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00496OJZS/ref= ... UTF8&psc=1

Found it in the basement as somebody gave it to me. Now I can run a bath in the cast iron tub whilst listening to my Victrola... William would be proud.

keegs put it to work.

 
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Post by keegs » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 7:15 pm

coalnewbie wrote:
Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 5:53 pm
So you don't like our water heater... They did a 65, 125 and 250... You can always add a T&P valve and take off the bushing and run 2" (3"??) iron up a story to a big ol' rad and it will run just by convection - no pump. Did this with a Rayburn in my youth you warm the bedrooms. 50% glycol and run it outside. Try that with your AO Smith heater. My Lister CS/6 generator cools by convection too. All this new fangled stuff..... :lol:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00496OJZS/ref= ... UTF8&psc=1

Found it in the basement as somebody gave it to me. Now I can run a bath in the cast iron tub whilst listening to my Victrola... William would be proud.

keegs put it to work.
Not sure the price...He's asking $750. I found this one on eBay for $150. https://www.ebay.com/itm/antique-cast-iron-pot-be ... 1311310435

 
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Post by coalnewbie » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 7:25 pm

Keegs, $750 is waay overpriced. Make sure when you buy it is local these are HEAVY. Don't buy to use there are better ways ... mine was a barn find. This is for fun only.

 
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Post by McGiever » Sat. Jan. 20, 2018 8:45 pm

Got this small bucket A day water heater plus the tank for $125.00
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That's Pea Coal

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Needs a PRV and a gauge is a nice touch too.

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Nice Tank I got in the deal, but NOT using.

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