Time for replacing the ceramics in the Wood Gun gasification boiler.

Through eight seasons with the boiler and getting ready for number nine. It’s time to replace the main ceramics in the burn chamber.

Just after unwrapping them where I set them in the detached garage.


Moved them a couple at a time down into the basement. Also a box of replacement parts to go with. New blanket that goes under them, new plug for front end of main tube under the nozzle, new nozzle bricks, and some troweling mix for filling in any small gaps/spaces.


Hopefully this weekend I will make time to get the boiler room cleaned up nice and get this job done. I’ll try to remember to take some pictures while completing the job.

 

Could you lay a tape measure across one of the sections? It would be interesting to know how big they are and how much they weigh.

 

Here you are campinspector.

About 17” Length
About 8” Width
About 7-3/4” Thickness

40.4 lbs each for the full size ones. Six of them. Two half thickness for one end.

The whole pallet with other goodies weighed in at 397lbs.

Time to put some tunes on and clean up the boiler room this morning.

 

Thanks for the pictures with the tape! Just a nice size for handling .

 

The project begins.....

You can see the main ceramics were to the point of breaking away on both sides of the “bridging” bricks.

I would say with eight seasons in it appears I got my use out of them.

 

Did you get the room clean??

 

Yes. Then I had to go to another issue that day.

 

The main tunnels in the old ceramics...

You can see how the holes started to make it through from the main burn chamber above to the right and left tunnels.

 

Breaking them up......

 

Here comes the old blanket...

 

Mostly cleaned out now. Time for a break. I have an appointment to go to. Hopefully back in an hour to start back up.

 

That's a long break you're taking.

 

So I’m at a stand still now. The blanket that goes under the new ceramics is missing a piece. I had to call AHS to tell them something was wrong. I couldn’t figure out how to make the three pieces of blanket fit right. So the tech had me measure all three pieces and said ya someone made a mistake. So they are sending me another piece. Should be here end of week.

 

This is the first time I’ve replaced the main ceramics. They gave me a small bucket of troweling material for filling in along the edges/gaps. I don’t know about the bubbles/holes. I could try to fill them after I get them all installed.

 

They'll fill with ash right quick. I wouldn't bother.