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Re: Steam Sizing Question.. what would you choose?
60,000 undersized and 72,000 undersized, is exactly the same thing, IMO. Especially for a system that size.
Re: Steam Sizing Question.. what would you choose?
Is this 1 pipe?
The radiator not heating is likely some problem other than being undersized. You are only consuming that much steam if every radiator is heated fully and that rarely happens. I would go with either boiler and make sure I have all the near boiler piping correct, drips at the boiler if it is counterflow, mains individually connected to the header rather than teed together at the ceiling, using both boiler outlets if available, possibly using a drop header. Insulating the steam piping.
You have close to 0 pickup factor at 282k btu/hr but there is also some measurement error in everything.
Re: Boiler making a 'churning' noise when firing
i'd put a low pressure gauge on the pigtail with the pressuretrol, that gauge likely got tweaked and is wildly inaccurate. does it go to 0 when the boiler is off?
might as well skim it before you flush the boiler.
Re: Steam Boiler Side Outlet type..... What was your experience with it?
Utica uses side outlets, and some do not like it for that reason. But if piped right and skimmed (like any other boiler) they work.
Re: boiler can't reach the temperature
if the boiler reaches temperature and shuts down, then you have a circulation issue.
Bad pump or control that starts it
Air lock
Plugged strainer
Frozen pipes
Can you read the pressure on the lowers scale? should be 12 psi or more.
If the gauge works.
hot_rod
Re: Boiler making a 'churning' noise when firing
that control looks fine. Could be a bad gauge
pecmsg
Re: After two heating seasons freezing point of radiant heat system has gotten lower
a refractometer will work for both, just need a different scale for ethylene vs propylene glycol.
Re: Service for an old HydroTherm HC125B boiler in Westchester County NY
You've been dealing with salesmen rather than techs. Where in Westchester County are you located? We might know someone………..


