Thread: Bought a Rayburn 620 today

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Imagine being conceived on the sheep skin rug in front of that!

Can you imagine the next generation saying the same about their parents heat pump?!

Was one of those cultural things to come to the UK to find that a Ray burn or Aga are considered to be a ‘posh’ option

I live in a farming area and some of the better off homes that have been kept up over the years have some beautiful examples of these stoves , still in use , some with 3 ovens & 2Meter long cook tops .

Originally Posted by dero

I am no metallurgist , but maybe check that S/S or ally are good for your purpose .
I see mostly cast iron in these sorts of fires .

Thinking about this............... Rayburn original installation manuals (for the 510 and 620, i.e.1951 and 1962) are very specific about using copper pipe only for the hot water system.

This would make a steel / cast iron boiler effectively the anode in the system, so it'll never last.

I dunno how long copper pipe has been in mainstream use, but I suspect the use of iron in the boiler tanks is a throwback to the days of iron pipework.

DL

Originally Posted by 3toes

Was one of those cultural things to come to the UK to find that a Ray burn or Aga are considered to be a ‘posh’ option

Same with western district squatter descendants in Vic.............. and the Aga owners look down on those who 'only' have a Rayburn.

DL

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Thinking about this............... Rayburn original installation manuals (for the 510 and 620, i.e.1951 and 1962) are very specific about using copper pipe only for the hot water system.

This would make a steel / cast iron boiler effectively the anode in the system, so it'll never last.

I dunno how long copper pipe has been in mainstream use, but I suspect the use of iron in the boiler tanks is a throwback to the days of iron pipework.

DL

More likely simply easier and cheaper to make a complex shape out of cast iron - especially when designed a century ago. From the electrolysis point of view, the cast iron is also less likely to have local variations in composition that form a good electrochemical couple, such as sheet steel and the weld material.

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Same with western district squatter descendants in Vic.............. and the Aga owners look down on those who 'only' have a Rayburn.

DL

Do they not know it is the same company that makes both

Probably not but does it matter? Same difference with the Lexus driver looking down their nose at the Toyota driver, for example, or the Rangerover driver looking down their nose at the Defender driver.