Another mystery: this time it's a Wood Boiler brand

[80sguy]

Hey gang I have another unknown item..a Wood Boiler that no one I have come across has heard of. Maybe someone out there recognizes this guy. Zanne you correctly assessed it last time on my pex al Pex thread, again I have tried looking it up but was stymied and figure that with all the years of experience on this forum someone has seen this before.
As best as I can figure the brand is "S". ??
The model number is an FB-TP-21. ??
And the model name or line is "Certified"??
it's very heavy and has USA marked on it. It kind of looks like a big cast iron radiator! !

Try googling certified wood boiler and you can imagine what you get! LOL. Any help you can give me would be appreciated.

 

[frodo]

that thing looks like an old cast iron side arm heat exchanger.

does it have 4 pipe openings?


excuse me, 5 openings one would be a vent

 

[80sguy]

I will check tomorrow. It definitely has a fire box...in this pic you can see the opening but I have removed doors for clearance to move it. So I don't think it's a heat exchanger

 

[frodo]

Idunno scrap metal

 

[80sguy]

not likely. By the time I have it installed I have it installed and vented I will have barely a grand in it. I will have saved that much burning wood in half a winter.
I was hoping someone would have recognized this make or model and have some insight.

 

[frodo]

no, but its pretty cool. what you need. probably do not want.

is a mechanical inspection, or inspector, come look at it. red tag you. BUT, tell you how they want it hooked up.

sometimes, flunking a inspection, is good to get information. do not bull **** him, tell him you called to pick his brain

you will need safety switchs that are specific to your area.

you can pay a plumber to come in or be sneaky,,,,ambush the inspector

post back when its running. if you find another. holler at me

 

[80sguy]

Will do! Thanks

 

[80sguy]

Mystery boiler update! Fraud over anybody else who was watching I finally figured out what the Colossal heavy Beast is that I put in my basement. Reason I couldn't find it is that I kept looking for information on wood boilers based on the casting markings on the unit. I finally got afraid that Frodo was right and all I had was scrap metal so frustrated I clicked on the images tab after I Googled wood boiler and started scrolling scrolling scrolling. Finally I found pictures of the insides of a boy or that looked like the insides of my boiler and then the answer dawned on me... my boiler was missing its cabinet so I had no idea what the exterior of the thing actually looked like just the exterior of the Interior if you know what I mean. LOL. Here is what I found.... http://www.newhorizoncorp.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/castiron/fd42_open.jpg

it's actually a very nice unit I unfortunately did not get it hooked up as I started the garage project and it's just as well we had such a mild winter last year but I'll get back at it soon

 

[80sguy]

and the good news is this is $4,000 new and I paid I believe $425 for it and it was only one season old if that. I spend about fifty bucks to go pick it up and gas and tolls my buddy and I put it in the basement and all I spent there was a cost of a chain hoist which I needed one anyway. I'll probably need some miscellaneous parts for it put all together I should have the thing all typed in for under a grand