Fuel for boiler burner

Jun 10, 2004 2 Replies
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I have just got a model horizontal boiler. It's about 3" diameter and 11" long with three fire tubes under the shell.



the covers at one end have the letter S on them, so it's probably a Stewart.



the burner has a small square tank at the end, which has a wick filled tube with thin slits leading off it.



Can anyone tell me what fuel this burner uses ? my guess is that it probably uses meths.



Does anyone have instructions for this boiler that I could have a copy of.



-- Jonathan



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|I have just got a model horizontal boiler. It's about 3" diameter and 11" |long with three fire tubes under the shell. | |the covers at one end have the letter S on them, so it's probably a |Stewart. | |the burner has a small square tank at the end, which has a wick filled tube |with thin slits leading off it. | |Can anyone tell me what fuel this burner uses ? my guess is that it probably |uses meths. | |Does anyone have instructions for this boiler that I could have a copy of.

Meths it is. I have similar Stuart boiler but I have no paperwork with it. I bought it new and AFICR there was no instructions with it. The Stuart catalogue (1960 ish) stated fuel type and listed all the fittings as extras.

The boiler type is given by a number cast in the chimney end casting. Mine is a

501. AFICR there was also a 502 and 503.
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Yes, meths will do nicely. If you want to identify which boiler it is take a look at

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they have a very good section on Stuart products, including boilers. They reckon that with the meths burners the boilers are a bit uncontrollable and that fitting a gas burner is a good idea.

Regards

Kevin

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