EziTasting wrote:hillzabilly wrote:Professor Green wrote:I was commenting on ET's suggestion to use a plate to adapt to 4"/6" etc not your completely genius solution to fitting your thumper to an existing boiler hillzabilly!
Cheers,
Prof Green.
Your correct Proffessor Green,if ya had a 8inch ferrule reducers would be cheaper and a lot easier than modifying blanking discs,but will take up more vertical space, prices for 6inch and bigger seam to be fairly high though ,but the quality of some fittings can be low,something to be aware of,no disrespect intended or taken . cheers hillzabilly :handgestures-thumbupleft:
I haven't yet found a 10" or 12" reducer to 6" or 8", hence my suggestion to gat an end cap to which you can then weld the sized ferrule you require... I have looked for reducers they just aren't easily findable (discoverable?!?! better word!) ...
My thoughts on using such a large ferrule also incorporated the idea to store hoses and connectors within the bowels of the boiler. Keep in mind tat I don't have a dedicated place for my boiler! It moves between 2 homes so needs to be moveable and this ability to store hosing would be of great benefit.
A 12" ferrule and clamp is doable however if you can't find a cap for something some simple stainless plate cit to the right size will do as a decent cap.