Boiler Wild

Boiler Wild

Hosted by: Eric Johnson

The boiler industry is an interesting place. Lets have a conversation about the people who work hard in an industry that is often hidden. Eric will talk about technical information you can learn as well as how to work...

All Episodes

Episodes

20. Become a Solutions Provider

Learn what it means to be a solutions provider and how it can make the difference in your career.
View Episode

19. Are Condensing Boilers Really 99% Efficient?

Find out if condensing hot water heating boilers are really 99% efficient and where that efficiency number comes from.
View Episode

18. 2 Ways to Move Water Through a Hydronic System

What are the main characteristics of primary variable pumping vs primary secondary? Also learn that hybrid systems do not work.
View Episode

17. 5 Levels of Challenges in the Boiler Room

Discussion on the 5 levels of challenges in the boiler room. Mastering all 5 levels will make you a well rounded problem solver.
View Episode

16. Ways to Control Combustion

Learn about a couple of ways to control combustion from a burner on a boiler.
View Episode

15. Beamers. Books. Battlestar Galactica.

BMW drivers write the jokes themselves, interesting books to read and ramblings about why you should be on LinkedIn.
View Episode

14. The Real Reasons People Go to College

Some of the real reasons people still go to college after high school that most people do not factor in when advocating for the skilled trades.
View Episode

13. Tragedy at the Loy Lange Box Company

Overview of the accident of the SCR explosion at the Loy Lange Box Company in 2017 and some items to think about the next time you are working around boilers.
View Episode

12. What is a CSD-1 Field Report? (Part 2)

In depth look at a CSD-1 field report and the information on it.
View Episode

11. What is CSD-1? (Part 1)

What is the ASME CSD-1 Standard and how to apply it to boilers.
View Episode

10. The Boiler Was Too Small for Inspection

In 2013, a boiler in a church daycare in Minnesota exploded. The boiler system was too small for a commissioned boiler inspector to inspect the boiler. Learn about how the explosion happened and a boiler Standard...
View Episode

9. What Makes a Great Service Technician?

I discuss how AI is changing the world and my inbox as well as the number 1 trait of a great service technican.
View Episode