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| Thread ID: 94671 | 2008-11-07 03:57:00 | Running radiators off a wetback. | martynz (5445) | PC World Chat |
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| 718382 | 2008-11-09 01:25:00 | The wetback/back boiler martynz is talking about is a multi fuel stove, this will be very much more efficient than an old open coal fire with back boiler where a damper was opened and the flames rushed up the back and then up the chimney. Most central heating systems use gas,solid fuel or oil heating a boiler, your analogy to steam driven engines is not valid....we are not intending to to go anywhere... :) :) From that,we must assume steam engines always go somewhere!. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 718383 | 2008-11-09 01:49:00 | From that,we must assume steam engines always go somewhere!. Only when they move....or blow up...quote....."Ever notice how steam driven engines - ships - cars etc have all vanished. " :) Actually, names like 'wetback', 'backboiler' and 'boiler' are misnomers when it comes to central heating. The water doesn't or shouldn't boil, and the 'back' part comes from the open fire days when there was a cast iron tank at the back of the fire. But there seems to be no better terminology. Modern central heating boilers of all fuel types even going back to the 60s and 70s when I installed our own systems, are so much more efficient than an open fire 'wetback' that there is really no comparison. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 718384 | 2008-11-09 02:04:00 | Only when they move....or blow up...quote..... " Ever notice how steam driven engines - ships - cars etc have all vanished. " :) Actually, names like 'wetback', 'back boiler' and 'boiler' are misnomers when it comes to central heating. The water doesn't or shouldn't boil, and the 'back' part comes from the open fire days when there was a cast iron tank at the back of the fire. But there seems to be no better terminology. Modern central heating boilers of all fuel types even going back to the 60s and 70s when I installed our own systems, are so much more efficient than an open fire 'wetback' that there is really no comparison. The fact is,we had a single cylinder steam driven saw in the outback of Australia in 55,and there were many other stationary ones,try not to argue Ter with your elders. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 718385 | 2008-11-09 02:11:00 | A lot of power station operators are going to need serious re-education if steam is extinct. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 718386 | 2008-11-09 22:42:00 | I agree witth all your points Terry. Interesting enough, in the early 1950s a local pub (in the UK) got rid of umpteen open fires and installed a battery of radiators and a Baxi high efficiency fire to feed them. For the first time the pub was warm in winter and the fuel bill dropped dramatically. However even though it was an improvement it was still low efficiency and I see that Baxi no longer make their high efficiency device. Must be a good commercial reason for that. I just hope steam power does not fade away completely - I love my cuppa tea. Tom |
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