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Re: Cold Radiator
Where you hear the gurgling there probably is trapped water (condensate). The steam pressure may push the air in that part of the system out through the water. However the trapped water may cause the steam to condense right there so it never gets into the radiator like it should. Find out why the condensate is trapped where you hear the gurgling. If at the valve, maybe the valve seal has become detached from the valve stem.
109A_5
Re: Cold Radiator
The piping should slope toward the main(the big pipe around the basement), the condensate has to drain in to the main. if there are pockets of condensate trapped in the pipe, that condensate will cool the steam and cause it to collapse until it has heated that water to steam temps, the radiator won't heat until that water is steam hot. The correct fix is to fix the pitch so that the water drains to the main.
Can you show us pictures of what you can see of the runout to that radiator?
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Is the valve open all the way? if the valve is partially open the valve can trap condensate in the radiator. That radiator should probably be pretty close to level so that neither the nipple from the valve to the radiator nor the bottom tapping of the radiator are pitched in the opposite direction of needed condensate flow.
mattmia2
Re: I'm getting solar panels. I'll let you know how it goes in this discussion thread.
you have a venison problem
neilc
Re: I'm getting solar panels. I'll let you know how it goes in this discussion thread.
I don't usually really like incentives… as you all know. The income tax incentive for the solar was definitely a factor in making it cost effective, however, and like @ethicalpaul , if someone is going to give me a big break on something… I'll take it.
Re: I'm getting solar panels. I'll let you know how it goes in this discussion thread.
Yes I would consider it, but the removal of the incentive in December definitely pushed me over the line in this case.
After the incentives are gone, the price will reduce, so I still may have done it anyway since philosophically I am aligned with solar power and since electricity cost is really going up here in NJ.
I sense a little scorn in your wording regarding incentives. To that I would say there are tax incentives for farming, for fossil fuel production, having children, and innumerable other things so I don't feel guilty at all about taking some of MY tax money back. Thank you!
Re: Trane ac air handler
I think the time delay board just plugs on to a standard honeywell/residio relay.
mattmia2
Re: I'm getting solar panels. I'll let you know how it goes in this discussion thread.
If it's anything like my house, finding the first rafter is almost irrelevant.
You'd need to measure every one of them inside, make a drawing and use that because there's nothing consistent. For example, my floor joists, some are 23" OC, some are 24, some are 25, 26 etc. They're all over. Kinda, "hurry up good enough" style.
I guess the actual distance was far less important before plywood and drywall.
ChrisJ
Re: I'm getting solar panels. I'll let you know how it goes in this discussion thread.
Pretty house, like your flower boxes. Keeping the upper level window boxes water have proven to be a challenge for us. 😉
PC7060
Re: Co-op in Brooklyn looking for steam consultant, 120 unit, single pipe, 1950s building
To all, This is the last I will comment on this power issue not related to steam. Please pardon me if I seem a bit frustrated. Among my many duties I served as an instructor. Did I say 8 volts or 8 percent? Did I say that I was interested in New Jersey [Which I worked for 10 years at T Mobile in the field] or any other utility? My concerns were for those steam heating systems in Coops which are most likely commercial boilers and more than 25 units and 5 floors or more in New York. It is my understanding that more than 70 percent of the buildings in New York use steam heating. Those of you in this class of buildings should do your due diligence.
Re: Help Sizing A Multi-Zone Mini Split System - Minimum Capacity?
Mitsubishi did a good job of putting it into plain English. start with a load calc, size the ODU based on the load, put multiple small load rooms on a ducted unit, add 1:1 units if needed. These are sentiments shared by the manufacturer I deal with as well.
"The outdoor unit should not be selected based on how many indoor units are desired. If the outdoor unit is oversized just to provide a certain number of indoor units for each of the zones, overheating, humidity issues, and higher than expected energy usage can occur"
GGross