Joewalbran
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It's a mystery to me. I pulled vinyl bladder out of a Kenmore "Captive Air Water Tank". [What a job! My wife saw me pulling and pulling on it on the garage floor, and finally asked " Is it a girl or a boy?"
I thought I could weld 3 more outlets on it and create a 36 gallon buffer tank for an oversized boiler. I may be dumb.
A. There is a solid dome shape 4 to 5 inches BELOW domed top. What IS IT! I got the bladder OUY. That is, a yardstick measures that much difference between inside and outside.. Gonna be hard to pipe this thing.
B. There is a hard black coating in there. Is that some tar- like corrosion protection? Granted, it's 10 degrees here and a lot of things are hard. [That vinyl lining was a bear.] If it is tar-like, isn't it doubtful I can store 200 degree hot water in this cold water tank.? And circulate ir through my Taco 007?
C. Who made it. Who knows stuff? Sta-Rite makes Craftsman tanks for Sears. But the tech on call did not recognize if they had made this one. "Model 390.291601". 30 plus gallons or so by geometrics. I saw a '390.291...501 on the web labeled "Sears Best ' and alike in every respect down to the patent number , Pat. 3802464.
Got any ideas who made it and what its little guts are made of?
Thank you,
Joe Walbran
I thought I could weld 3 more outlets on it and create a 36 gallon buffer tank for an oversized boiler. I may be dumb.
A. There is a solid dome shape 4 to 5 inches BELOW domed top. What IS IT! I got the bladder OUY. That is, a yardstick measures that much difference between inside and outside.. Gonna be hard to pipe this thing.
B. There is a hard black coating in there. Is that some tar- like corrosion protection? Granted, it's 10 degrees here and a lot of things are hard. [That vinyl lining was a bear.] If it is tar-like, isn't it doubtful I can store 200 degree hot water in this cold water tank.? And circulate ir through my Taco 007?
C. Who made it. Who knows stuff? Sta-Rite makes Craftsman tanks for Sears. But the tech on call did not recognize if they had made this one. "Model 390.291601". 30 plus gallons or so by geometrics. I saw a '390.291...501 on the web labeled "Sears Best ' and alike in every respect down to the patent number , Pat. 3802464.
Got any ideas who made it and what its little guts are made of?
Thank you,
Joe Walbran