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GSMT - Dan Holohan, Author: "The Lost Art of Steam Heating"

The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen · 71.2K views · 2015-03-08 · 53:21

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Overview

Dan Holohan, author of The Lost Art of Steam Heating, talks about the old steam heating systems he learned about from veteran tradesmen. He shares stories and practical lessons on how these systems work, including running steam at low temperatures.

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HN recommends it as an informative talk on steam heating whose advice to respect old working systems carries over to software.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2018–2021

Topics

Power grid, heating & buildingsHome, DIY & practical skills
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steam heatdan holohanhvacold systemstrades

What people said

anonu · 2021-04 · Recommendation

Tangential topic : There was a post on HN a while back about steam heating. This talk on YouTube was linked. It was really informative: [VIDEO]

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oftenwrong · 2020-12 · Recommendation

As I suspected before clicking, that article cites that explanation as being given by steam heating system expert Dan Holohan. He has a talk up on YouTube that I came across a few years ago. It is interesting on a number of levels, and I recommend giving it a watch: [VIDEO]

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userbinator · 2019-02 · Recommendation

"When you see something that's old and it's been there for a long time and it's working, don't laugh at it." (From a not-really-related yet quite interesting talk I watched a while back: [VIDEO] --- also featured on HN at [LINK] )

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