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Re: Am I crazy? Chimney company says you can reduce the flu.
Chimney company is nuts. There are instances where you can reduce a liner size if the chimney is high enough to produce more draft. Usually with a tall chimney you can go down 1 size. Going from 8" to 5" is a joke.
The customer should call the local building/plumbing/heating inspector, and they should get a complete refund from the chimney company and then either have them (or preferably another company) to install the correct liner.
Re: heat pump manufacturers
No, we can't have pressure switches because we now have to pay for refrigerant leak sensors for refrigerant that will not sustain a fire if you hold a torch on it and pay for ECM motors and other crap that costs a bunch to replace.
Re: heat pump manufacturers
Next thing that will happen is homeowners' insurance rates will rise if you have R-32 or R454B due to flammability issues.
Insurance companies never loose
Re: Worst advertising
There is nothing wrong with the guy's thumbs. The pliers have orange-ish handles that could look like thumbs if you're not wearing your glasses, but the thumbs are clearly visible and very not AI
GroundUp
Re: OT: Underground Wiring Options
" so within a week or so we hope to have our landscaper trench out at a depth of 18" "
Deeper than 18". The top of the PVC conduit needs 18" of cover, not an 18" trench. So if you use a 1-1/2" which is the best part of 2" Outer diameter and if it is in sand, you need a deeper trench.
I would and have done three conduits;
one high current 1-1/2 or 2" (in your case not populated)
one 3/4" or 1" for low current branch circuit and
one 3/4" or 1" for low voltage or communications type stuff.
With better protection of the wire the burial depth is less.
109A_5
Re: Weil McLain Plus 80 indirect water tank
this is the vent. It appears to be a 1/4 mounted on a 1/2 adapter.
So this is on the boiler side, I just need to shut off the isolation valves on the boiler side, drain the water a few drops to relieve the pressure and then unscrew and replace right?
Re: heat pump manufacturers
So would Serge protection, high low voltage monitors, high low safety's, on and on. Who's paying for all that.
pecmsg
Re: heat pump manufacturers
What make sense and what they do is two different things. Gauges cost money x the # of units they sell makes it a no-go. Everything they do, cheap overseas capacitors, microchannel coils and 1 pole contactors that should be 2 pole and no pressure switches that could save a compressor on refrigerant loss……they won't put gauges on. They have a planned life cycle.
Re: OT: Underground Wiring Options
" So I'll assume that even though a low voltage and/or ethernet cable PLUS a pex could fit in the 3/4" pvc, it probably wouldn't be legal. But another 3/4" PVC line now would be a very wise choice. "
Even if you intend to put 1/2" PEX through 3/4" PVC you may be severely disappointed. 1/2" PEX has an outer diameter of about 5/8". Between the bend radius and any excessive glue that oozed into the conduit you may never get it through.
With electrical conduit work they only allow 40% (3 or more conductors), 53% (1 conductor) fill of the conduits available cross-sectional area.
As @mattmia2 stated you need to think much bigger. And use electrical conduit type radius not water pipe type radius.
109A_5
Re: Discolored hot water / HTP PH 76-60 hot water heater installed 5 months ago
how did you test the chloride level, what is that number? What is the HTP limit?
Chlorine level tested with color strips?
hot_rod