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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Junk or treasure?

« on: October 11, 2012, 04:43:29 PM »

Heres more. .  There are 4 and a half of the solar panels


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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Junk or treasure?

« on: October 11, 2012, 04:39:32 PM »

Here are pictures of the OWB that is in my neighbors shed that he is not going to use. He bought it a couple years ago and due to health problems he is not going to mess with it. It was used to heat a house( not sure the sq. footage, but it was big) and dhw. The only reason it was sold was because the solar panels caused the roof to leak on the house. I am buying a OWB and had it narrowed down to two or three different ones until I found this one. Its not very pretty but with a little tlc it may make something. Any advice will be appreciated.

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General Outdoor Furnace Discussion / Re: Newbie Questions

« on: October 02, 2012, 07:39:48 PM »

I have been looking for the last few months for an OWB. I have it narrowed down to a couple of different ones. Durning this  time, I noticed a neighbor of mine has an OWB that has been sitting in his shed. I stopped today and asked him if he wanted to sell it. His reply was yes. It is an Aqua 2 wood boiler, not Aqua Therm. It seems that it was manufactured around my area in Winston Salem, NC by Aqua Manufacturing. I guess the company has since went under. I have found one for sale on a site and on another site two individuals where seeking information on theirs with no replys. On one of the sites it said that theirs was a 500 gallon heater. I dont know about this one because it was bought from someone that has since passed and the current owner has developed health issues and cannot install it and wants to get rid of it. I did not measure it but it was abt 4 ft wide and taller than I am and I am 6-1. There are all kinds of pipes coming out of it and the smoke comes out the back. It has 2, 5 gallon buckets of stuff with it and 5 solar panels. He priced it to me for 900 dollars for all of it. Should I walk away or should I snatch it up? Can I still by parts for it? It was working when he bought it. The only reason the original owner sold it was because the solar panels caused his roof to leak. I plan on going later in the week to take pictures of it. Any help or advice woud be greatly appreciated.
By the way, GREAT SITE, it has been very informative in my search for an OWB.