Came across three of these giant boilers, while trying to find the power to one of my sites. They were very impressive.

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[–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I lived in a house a long time ago that had the baby-brother of these guys. It was a converted coal burning boiler (converted to “heating oil” ie diesel) from the 19 teens or 20s, about the size of a fridge, and I’m wondering if was the same brand, because it looked exactly the same as these, but smaller.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Being from the Midwest it blows my mind that people on the coast still use oil to heat their houses. I can't imagine how much that costs.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Yep. Still seeing tanks in use wherever natural gas isn't piped to directly and where it gets too cold for heat pumps. Oh and lots of wood burning stoves!

    Diesel heat is actually cheaper than electric where I'm at and thats just with me using one of those small forced air diesel heaters.

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