Ours doesn't have a contactor - just a vintage bakelite bodied switch. Probably electrified in the 70s as well.
Apparently our oil boiler was second hand back then when lecky arrived. Before that, "the lad" would stoke up the coke boiler the day before a service.
Apparently our oil boiler was second hand back then when lecky arrived. Before that, "the lad" would stoke up the coke boiler the day before a service.