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Re: NEW STEAM BOILER COST
There is most definitely the possibility of taking EMOTION too far and causing a backlash by the customer. This is what separates the poor salesman from a good one. Threats of immediate death rarely work but I assume he figured it might be effective with an 80 year old.
Every day I seem to hear how a scammer cons an older person out of a huge amount of money. Latest case was close to $100K.
Ethical considerations…………….did I hear that right…………..???
LRCCBJ
Re: Boiler acting up again
post the link to your old thread so we don't ask all the same questions again,
I still say circulator, but now it sounds intermittent, loose wire? bound circ freed up?(air or grit), post a picture of the circ,
and for the pilot being out, this is another development, post a picture of the boiler,
any reason you haven't called a service in ?
neilc
Re: Kerosene Gelling Up
The Monitor is gravity fed but they did/do offer a lift pump. The water is coming from condensation is the tank. Do you have a filter at the tank, and does it collect water? It's very unlikely the K1 is gelling is more likely you're still dealing with water in the tank and a filter at the tank will stop it from reaching the Monitor. You have to keep cleaning it until all the crap is out of the system.
Grallert
Re: Boiler Running Full Tilt, Cold House
i would vote for lack of maintenance and maybe it sucks some sort of pollen or cottonwood or something in. If it wasn't keeping up in moderate weather at 40% it probably runs a whole lot of hours and 4 years or whatever of no maintenance gave that much stuff in it. what about wildfire smoke? that has particulates. does it ever change the oxygen content of the air enough to affect combustion?
mattmia2
Re: One pipe steam boiler pressure too high
Your pressuretrol may have never worked correctly, they seem to have a history of being dysfunctional. My lungs can trip mine when set to 1.5 PSI cut out. Also the switch should be verified that it actually opens the circuit when you hear the click.
With the radiators removed it may have been just enough EDR reduction that when recovering from a setback the pressure rises enough to make a dysfunctional pressuretrol more obvious.
109A_5
Re: Aqua balance boiler system
I would not put my hands on any of that without a complete repipe. That is some 'Dr.Frankenstein' plumbing.
psb75
Re: Need second opinion on this Boiler install. Photos included
Since you installed the tubing, he feels it is not part of his job. That should have been settled before the job started.
Re: Need second opinion on this Boiler install. Photos included
20-30 years ago, many (most) small businesses would bend over backwards for a customer. They would go out of their way, at their own time and expense, to make a customer happy. That was the most important thing for them.
Today, nobody gives a sht about anything but profit (if a company) or doing less work (if an employee). I cannot tell you how many times I need to contact an individual at a company………….usually with e-mail………..and the response is……………NOTHING. It's about 85%. No response whatsoever to the query. That does not make me happy.
How many companies sell a cheap product that won't last more than three years and yet they tout it as the best thing available on the market? They make it in China for $6.00 and they sell it here for $29.99. Does that deception make a customer happy?
With regard to installing and repairing boilers, the bar is so low and the capability so limited that none of them care about keeping a customer happy………………where else you going to go? Get in………..get the money………..get out. We have seen unlimited situations on this website where the tech goes in, fails to fix the problem, charges the customer, then returns again, fails to fix the problem………..and charges them AGAIN. How can any customer be happy with this business model?
LRCCBJ
Re: Boiler pressure constantly rises to/past 30psi relief valve trigger
@person56 said:
"One additional question is what should normal temp range be when running full load? My boiler seems to hit highs of around 220, which seems like a lot. "
Say what? You do know that water boils at 212 degrees at atmospheric pressure, right? 220 is dangerously close to becoming a steam boiler bomb. The only reason your boiler water hasn't turned to steam already is the slightly higher pressure.
So I think we found your problem, or at least one of them. Your water temperature is way too high. Your aquastat should be set for 180 max as a safety. And you can set it lower if you still get adequate heat at lower temps. The lower the max temp, the less expansion volume you need.
On the subject of expansion tank sizing, what matters more than acceptance volume is the free air volume at max acceptance. The EX-30 has only about 2 gallons of free air volume at max acceptance, while the EX-60 has 4 gallons of free air volume at roughly the same max acceptance. The doubled free air volume means the max pressure in the EX-60 will be much lower for the same acceptance.
But fix your aquastat setting.
jesmed1
Re: Uponor UFH
How about posting some pics of the setup?
Turning the temperature up and down is not recommended with a radiant floor. Set it and forget it is the best and most efficient strategy.
Ironman