Orlan EKO Status

[jeffesonm]

I saw some threads earlier this year where it was unclear whether Orlan EKO boilers are still being imported. I'm starting to shop for boilers and while the EKO seems to have a solid, 20+ year history, not sure I'd be comfortable buying one if parts aren't readily available. Anyone have a definitive answer on this?

 

[webbie]

You should email Zenon (the owners) at New Horizons and check with him. I think they still import them....but also some others too:
http://www.newhorizoncorp.com/

 

[rkusek]

I read about that as well as thought about stocking up on a few wear items. One thing going for the EKO is a pretty large user base here in the US. Many users here are making, repairing, re-casting their own nozzles and lower refractory blocks. Many here are "re-building" their rope gaskets or rotating their silicone gaskets instead of replacing. My silicone is on its 4th season and I have adusted the door once per year. I will probably try cleaning and turning it when I run out of adjustment. I bet the fan motors and temp sensors would probably have other equivalent options if it came to that. The hardest thing to replace would probably be the electronic controller and apparently AHONA no makes their own version of it. The same controller is used in other boilers besides the EKO too so I would bet it would be somewhere on Ebay. If nothing else you could always add Nofossil's system that would control the boiler better than the stock one anyway.

 

[Nofossil]

Yeah, I turned off my EKO controller last year - I'm doing everything myself now. Seemed scary at the time, but it's really not that big a deal.