EBW-100 Install

Finally getting around to posting some pictures.


Going through the bulkhead, which is located in my Garage. From there, it had to travel about 40' to the opposite side of the house. Easily done with a couple 3' pipes.


While in place, and panels off, I decided to clean the unit. Quite a bit of Creosote.


Turbs were caked and impossible to pull by hand.


My migshift turb puller. I carefully pulled about 1" at a time and made sure they were pulled straight.


All cleaned up.


Tubes thoroughly cleaned.


All cleaned up. New gasket & high-temp silicone for access panels.


Current status. Panels & doors on. All wire up. Supply, Return, & Bypass plumbed. Smoke hood & stove pipe installed.

Reviving an old thread. Tie-in is next week. Supply & Return header fabricated.

Nice work with the black iron, I have lotsa respect for people who do it! What is the checkvalve for with the 1/2 copper bypass? Looks like a foot valve, do you not like weighted flow checks? Just curious.


Please don't get me wrong I'm not trying to nitpick, but shouldn't that circulator (looks like a Wilo) before the bypass in the OP not have the shaft vertically oriented?

TS

It's a spring check. I'm using it in lieu of a weighted flow. I have limited space and had to mount a check valve vertically. Bypass is used to fill the rest of the system prior to the spring check and will remain closed in operation. (make-up water tied in below the spriovent.)

That Wilo orientation was noted in another post. I've since rotated the circulator 90 degress.

Nice Job! You really got the internals cleaned up, I bet that was fun.

How close are you to Starting up?

You probably will want a screen on the Barometric damper. It the event that you have any puffing incidents you might get some small embers out of the damper. I put a stainless screen strainer on mine just in case. Puffing is very rare once you get a feel for the boiler but precautions never hurt.

gg

I hope to start up this weekend. I have to relocate the oil boiler & indirect water heater. I have a laundry list of things that need to be accomplished prior to tieing in both the wb & ob to the new headers. However, I've fabricated as much as I can before the shut-down. Unfortunately here in the northeast, it's been a cold early spring (still in teens at night) and we're still dependent on the oil boiler. Luckily, I have a wood stove on the main floor to keep us warm & an electric water heater from a commercial remodel that I can temporarily tie-in.