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Re: steam radiator leaking water from the vent
Are you sure it is a steam system ?
If it is a steam system, why would you do this ?
"When we turn on the water to increase the pressure in the system water starts leaking right away after some air/steams comes out of the vent."
I almost suspect it is a hot water system with the wrong radiator vent installed.
Pictures of the boiler would help us help you.
109A_5
Re: Indirect water heater as steam(water) to hydro zone HX (poor heat transfer)
but as far as i know the coil on a superstore is not removable.
mattmia2
Re: Dual Element Smith HE2 Baseboards
I wonder how the Buderus play into it? If they are in series, that could be a flow increase problem
hot_rod
Re: Diagnostic Tool For Circulator Pump
Those small plastic "spindicators" do not work on Taco or any of the ECM circs.
Also they just indicate the presence of EMF, it will spin even with a locked rotor.
They are good for mis-diagnosing a pumps operation :)
Great key chains and magnetite detectors however.
hot_rod
Re: Dual Element Smith HE2 Baseboards
I second the bigger panel radiator.
You will not need to re-invent the piping. It is really plug and play.
There are lots of options to go taller and thicker.
kcopp
Re: Steam main piping question
Did you say you do not currently have venting on the main? Having adequate main venting just after the last radiator takeoff would be the first thing you want to take care of.
Re: Gas Cost?
Welcome to New England. Gas bill is as to be expected. Others have noted the reasons…
Re: Replacing draft regulator or draft control on a residential fuel oil boiler
All excellent and informative. But to get back to the original break in this thread about the location of the baro in the run of the tee.
It’s great that Jim tested it extensively and proves it works fine, but what’s going to happen to a tech or company should a baro be installed that way and there is a problem. Say unrelated, the unit soots up, smoke and mess. Soot comes out of the baro. The HO sues. In court his lawyer questions the last tech out and shows the court the baro is installed 'incorrectly per the manufacturer’s instructions and diagram'.
For $20 in material and 15 minutes of time, I’d rather just change it and avoid that whole scenario.
Re: Thermostat placement for small steam heated apartment building
I can tell you that it will not work with the thermostat sensor in the basement. The heating load there is quite different than in the rest of the building.
If the tenants will not accept a thermostat in a single apartment, remote sensors in several apartments connected to a remotely mounted thermostat (tamper resistant/not accessible to tenants) will give an average temperature throughout the building and should work well—IF you get the system balanced—which means working on the venting as noted above.
bburd
Re: Williamson 125k btu boiler has wires under it
the wires are normal, they are what light the pilot and prove that the pilot is lit
what may not be normal is that the bottom isn't closed off by some sort of solid noncombustible material. you will have to check the manual to see if it needs to be set on a solid surface or not. some boilers can be open like that, others need the bottom sealed off by the floor to draft properly.
mattmia2