Old heating stuff

[whirlaway]

I dont Believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got 100!!!!! and after it tallies your score it says with fireworks! Stop the presses,You my friend are an early technology X-pert! I have to laugh!Im going to continue taking Mega-red. I usually go in a room and cant remember why Im there! I only took it one time just now.Funny what you remember!

 

[cuffs054]

Whirl, all I got was a big hand!

 

[combo52]

Interesting Test

I got 100% also, So Bobby I guess we both know more than we need to know about old refrigeration parts, LOL.

It is an easy type test the way they give you the possible answers over and over again, it would be hard to get less than 50%, I had never even seen many of the parts pictured.

 

[cuffs054]

Oh sure, you both did it sober. Wait, did I just say that? I meant SOMBER.

 

[abcomatic]

test

I took the above test and received a 71%. I would never have thought that I would ever get a score like that.

 

[tolivac]

Got an 86.

 

[arbilab]

Buenos griefos! Mira que tiene cosa! I got 86% just from peering inside HVAC, never working on it.

 

[tolivac]

I don't work on HVAC gear as a trade either,just a "taste" of it-at my workplace a building engineer works on the HVAC and other building matters.Just know how it is supposed to work.

 

[jlotte2]

Boiler manuals

Does anyone have any old (1950s-1980s) York/York-Shipley boiler or furnace manuals?

 

[norgeway]

No but..

I sure have worked on a bunch of 1940s and 50s York Heat hot air furnaces, my hometown is full of them..York Heat and Waterbury were in in my opinion, the best furnaces ever built, quiet, clean burning and last forever!

 

[rp2813]

Old Household System

Here's what's in the basement of a large 1931 house that's for sale in the neighborhood.

 

The rest of the basement is equally impressive, with full kitchen and 1958 stove, wine cellar, Spanish themed bar (The Rams Club) and lounge with fireplace all designed by a noted architect of the period.  It's all original except for the stove, which probably landed down there as a result of a bad '80s kitchen remodel.  Except for the kitchen, the whole house has been untouched and well maintained.

 

[cuffs054]

Great stuff!

 

[a440]

Interesting Boiler Ralph!

Love the black Kitty behind the Exhaust Flue!

So cool that the exhaust flue for the boiler and water heater are Copper! 

 

 

 

[rp2813]

Black kitty

I know!  I didn't notice her/him the first time I looked at that shot.

 

No surprise.  The wife that lives there feeds a bunch of strays too.  There are several bowls scattered about on their front lawn.

 

That boiler is a true contraption.  Including the ones for gas I counted ten valves, and those are just the visible ones.

 

[cuffs054]

What's the black cylendar thing with the valve handle on it, between boiler and water heater?

 

[rp2813]

Cylinder

The rusty thing?  I have no idea, but it appears that there was some re-piping work done and that piece was retained.  It must still be doing whatever it was intended to.

 

I was thinking I could go back and get a better shot of it since the place has been on the market for a while with price reductions and no takers, but just checked the web site and it appears there may be a pending sale, so access via open house events on alternate Sundays may be over.

 

I'll cross my fingers that new money types aren't busily planning a gut job along with transforming the basement bar and lounge into a media room with all the charm and craftsmanship of a suburban cineplex.

http://1191emory.com/

 

[wayupnorth]

I think maybe it could be an older expansion tank. My boiler has an Amtrol Extrol expansion tank with a safety valve as a just in case it heated too much.

 

[rp2813]

I think that may be a Trane badge on it, but at the bottom of the boiler it looks like it might say "Peerless."

 

[davey7]

Now that's a house and basement bar!

Looks like an expansion tank - I assume its a hot water system, though I think SF had a bit of steam in the early days. .

 

[a440]

1956 Bryant Gas Furnace

I bet this furnace will last another 40 years!