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Dead Men's Steam School Seminar

This all-technical, three-hour seminar will make you familiar with the many types of old steam heating systems and what goes wrong with them. Dan Holohan’s easy-to-follow...

Published on 11/04/2024 1:36 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Steam Heating
Things You Should Know About Steam Traps

Most of this, I had to learn the hard way. Perhaps you’ve done the same, but in case you haven’t, please allow me to save you some heartache. All of this is the absolute ...

Published on 10/23/2020 1:32 PM
Posted in Steam Heating
Steam Traps (Video)

In this excerpt from his Dead Men’s Steam School seminar, Dan Holohan talks about steam traps in steam heating systems. He’ll tell you how steam traps work, how to test s...

Published on 03/24/2020 3:08 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Steam Heating
Boiler Return Traps

In this excerpt from his Dead Men’s Steam School seminar, Dan Holohan talks about boiler return traps. These were installed on vapor heating systems. There are still many...

Published on 03/24/2020 3:05 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Steam Heating
Steam Trap Rules

Steam traps in heating systems and commercial systems may look the same but the difference comes in how we use them. Heating traps run on very low pressure and that affec...

Published on 01/26/2018 11:30 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Steam Heating
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F&T Trap Lessons

I learned these things the hard way. It took me a while. 1) The Only Time You Need F&T Traps Is When You Have A Condensate Pump Or Dry Return Lines.

Published on 06/24/2014 3:29 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Steam Heating
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How NOT to Size Steam Traps

I was in the basement of this six-story apartment building in a suburb just north of New York City. This goes back some years when I was working for a manufacturers' repr...

Published on 06/24/2014 2:41 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Steam Heating