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I have one of these: https://i.redd.it/629z71qmiq0c1.jpg https://i.redd.it/629z71qmiq0c1.jpg It will probably last over a century.
by userbinator 1y ago
I have one of these: https://i.redd.it/629z71qmiq0c1.jpg https://i.redd.it/629z71qmiq0c1.jpg
It will probably last over a century.
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- drfuchs 1y agoAnd when it finally dies and is disposed of, the mercury in the internal (ingenious) mechanism will likely end up in the wild. P.s. They came in colors? I only ever saw them in tan, which virtually everyone had half a century ago.
- BenjiWiebe 1y agoThe ad mentions you can easily paint it, so I think it just came in "silver-bronze".
- acidburnNSA 1y agoMy mom had these. After 25 years they started rapidly cycling the furnace which burned out line 3 ignitors in rapid succession. Now replaced with smarter digital but not networked ones that throttle it a bit more.
- gooseyman 1y agoMy mom still has these. In gold. It has outlasted two boilers.