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31st Jan 2022, 7:28 pm | #21 |
Dekatron
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Re: Found on a roof
Something HVAC to do with the Odney Club, perhaps?
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1st Feb 2022, 4:22 am | #22 |
Nonode
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: North Somerset, UK.
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Re: Found on a roof
To me it looks HVAC or plumbing related, never seen one before though.
Perhaps it MIGHT be worth enquiring of of the owner/occupier of the property what the item is for ? They might say "private" or "nothing to do with you" but it can't be that private if exposed to public view. Or perhaps a drone flight could take more detailed pictures, perhaps including name plates or other data, or temperature readings. |
1st Feb 2022, 1:56 pm | #23 |
Octode
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Co. Durham, UK.
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Re: Found on a roof
A superheater for a domestic boiler?
Green's Economiser? |
1st Feb 2022, 3:20 pm | #24 |
Nonode
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Location: North Somerset, UK.
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Re: Found on a roof
Very unlikely in my view as exposed to the cool outside air.
Many forms of superheater and economiser existed for steam boilers, but all were intended to be surrounded by hot flue gases, not to be partly exposed to the outside air. |
1st Feb 2022, 3:35 pm | #25 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Colchester, Essex, UK.
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Re: Found on a roof
Whatever it is...from this angle there appears to be two of it..!? Anybody own a teenager who owns a drone? Interested now..
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1st Feb 2022, 5:55 pm | #26 | |
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Re: Found on a roof
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1st Feb 2022, 6:31 pm | #27 |
Heptode
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Durham, County Durham, UK.
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Re: Found on a roof
Another view from the front of the club. I thought maybe something to do with oil fired heating system but no idea really.
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1st Feb 2022, 6:36 pm | #28 |
Nonode
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK.
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Re: Found on a roof
2012. Looks like it's been modified since...
Do I spy a pair of pipes creeping round the base of the chimney? Maybe it's the expansion pipes of 2 hot water storage systems? The narrow bit is the pipe. The thicker part is probably lagging. |
2nd Feb 2022, 9:53 am | #29 |
Pentode
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK.
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Re: Found on a roof
I think it may be something to do with a "green" heating system.
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2nd Feb 2022, 6:54 pm | #30 |
Nonode
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Coulsdon, London, UK.
Posts: 2,169
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Re: Found on a roof
Could it be a foolproof pressure release system that relies on a 10 metre head of water pressure?
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10th Mar 2022, 10:23 am | #31 |
Diode
Join Date: May 2021
Location: Garstang, Lancashire, UK.
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Re: Found on a roof
Looks a bit like an electrically shielded magnetic loop aerial, especially with the gap at the rear.
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10th Mar 2022, 11:01 am | #32 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING.
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Re: Found on a roof
Knock on the door and ask. J.
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