repairing alkota heating coil

[Reech]

So I made the horrible mistake of letting my early 90's 1200psi Alkota PW freeze this winter and now the vertical heating coil has more then one leak.. Could I get some pointers for the pros on where to start this project? Where to seperate the coils (I assume hacksaw for cleanest cut)?.. I have a plain jane mig welder running gasless fluxcore, will this work for the sch.80 piping I presume I have? It seems that you guys test the welds with air and I know it doesnt take much psi to test, would holding 10 psi work? Thanks for any help.. Rich

 

[Mark]

You are probably better off replacing the heating coil,
unless you can easily access the bad spot and weld it closed.

I have attempted to repair <B>old</B> leaky coils before only
to have a new pinhole pop up after each repair.

If you are not sucessful call me Tuesday and I can look up
price for you when I am back in the office. [hello]

 

[Revive]

I pulled the same boat anchor move last winter. Took the coil to a radiator welder and it's worked all year so far. Hope I didn't just jinx myself.

 

[Reech]

Took the coil to a radiator welder and it's worked all year so far.

Good call! Thanks. I will be calling around this week. No luck so far...besides my welder and coil staring at me.

If you are not sucessful call me Tuesday and I can look up
price for you when I am back in the office.

Could you pm me a price for a replacement coil? I appreciate it!
[tie]

 

[Mark]

Does your Alkota 3852 look similar
to this Alkota 122 Steam Cleaner with
14" diameter coil?

Is your coil an 18" or 14" diameter coil?

 

[Reech]

Hi mark my machine looks identical to this with a 14" coil. Thanks