Secondary Chamber on EKO
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It's been 6 years since I looked at my secondary the first time (EKO40), so I can't tell you how they look now. It does look curious though. Have you pressure checked it with air? Mine did develope a leak along a line on the bottom of the water jacket (very bottom of the boiler) which I think is a welded seam. There was a slow loss of water from time to time but then one day it was a puddle. Had to pull it at that time because of insurance taking me to task becasue it was in the garage. (They ok"d it with pic's from the agent for four years worth of premiums but then renegged andg forced me to relocate it). Even if I had had a small leak from the beginning I was overall satisfied with it's performance.
Thats not steel above the bricks ,its some sort of fibrous material thats broken along the edges , I hope it still operates properly.
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My EKO 40 looks the same inside the lower Chamber. It is the overflow from the concrete that is poured into the upper chamber to form the bottom of the upper chamber and nozzle. If you get the new style fire bricks you my have to grind them down to fit. I had to grind about 1/4 inch of the new style fire bricks to get them to fit. The concrete at the top of the lower chamber is about 1/4 thick lower then the surrounding steel plate that is welded top of the upper chamber.
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