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Re: I have great news..........
Excellent news and well-earned! It’s the end of a long, long road, but the beginning of a new and longer one.
Take pride in being among the ranks of people I respect every day, never stop learning and being the best every day.
This is wonderful news for you and the industry. May you always find apprentices and journeymen who inspire you, and you them.
Re: I have great news..........
Congratulation!!! @mike19dc
cheers to a long prosperous career!!
cheers to a long prosperous career!!

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Re: High Efficiency Boilers for Fan Coils?
Do some more number crunching on the coil outputs and required temperature does the boiler output match the fan coil required output?
Even if not in condensing mode all the time, the condensing boiler can run safely with lower temperature than that hair pin boiler
But the bigger win is the modulation, Id look at two boilers, maybe two 180k that would give you a 20-1 turndown
Plus the redundancy of having two boilers
Even if not in condensing mode all the time, the condensing boiler can run safely with lower temperature than that hair pin boiler
But the bigger win is the modulation, Id look at two boilers, maybe two 180k that would give you a 20-1 turndown
Plus the redundancy of having two boilers

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Re: High Efficiency Boilers for Fan Coils?
It’s 100% possible to condense with fan coils. You might use a larger delta T than you typically do, or may consider slowing the fan speed or switch to fan coils specially designed for lower temps. Or some combination.
Re: High Efficiency Boilers for Fan Coils?
Standard practice in fan coil design when that building was constructed was to use a supply water temperature of 180° F. and a return temperature of 160° F. Typically with fancoils this cannot be reduced very much even on mild days, because occupants are likely to complain of cold drafts.
Although high-efficiency boilers will work, they will not condense much if at all, so they will operate more in the range of 85% efficiency than the 90+ percent advertised. They also have a shorter lifespan than a conventional 80% efficient boiler, need more frequent maintenance and generally use expensive proprietary parts.
Bottom line: standard efficiency boilers will almost certainly have lower lifecycle costs. They will also last longer and be easier to maintain and repair. You can still use several boilers to make up the necessary capacity. They have to be piped carefully, primary/secondary is probably the best way.
Although high-efficiency boilers will work, they will not condense much if at all, so they will operate more in the range of 85% efficiency than the 90+ percent advertised. They also have a shorter lifespan than a conventional 80% efficient boiler, need more frequent maintenance and generally use expensive proprietary parts.
Bottom line: standard efficiency boilers will almost certainly have lower lifecycle costs. They will also last longer and be easier to maintain and repair. You can still use several boilers to make up the necessary capacity. They have to be piped carefully, primary/secondary is probably the best way.

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Re: High Efficiency Boilers for Fan Coils?
It's really the typical and very basic questions. How much power must the fan coils put out? And what temperature do they need to run at to achieve that power output? The first question involves doing a heat loss calculation on the space each fan coil serves, and then finding the specifications for that coil (some of the guys here can probably help) to determine what water temperature is needed.
Once you have the water temperature and to9tal power output you need, you can select the boilers. The temperature is the key question on whether you can go to high efficiency boilers, which only achieve those efficiencies at lower return water temperatures.
Once you have the water temperature and to9tal power output you need, you can select the boilers. The temperature is the key question on whether you can go to high efficiency boilers, which only achieve those efficiencies at lower return water temperatures.
Re: I have great news..........
Thank you Mag dog, thank you for all your help and insight Time to celebrate this weekend. But then it’s time for business. 🔧👍

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I have great news..........
Congratulations Michael Carilli...The Town of Babylon's (Suffolk Co. Long Island 🏝) newly minted Licensed Master Plumber!!!!! Michael is a Third Generation LMP AND......he's only 27 years old...(Beat me by 3 years!!).
He studied VERY hard and rocked the very difficult written & practical exam. What needs to be noted, is that in the last 30 years, Plumber's applying for and attaining a Master License has fallen off drastically because of Plumbers "signing off" and "covering" them. This is not a common occurrence...He deserves 👏 praise. Great job Kiddo...You did it!!! Mad Dog 🐕
He studied VERY hard and rocked the very difficult written & practical exam. What needs to be noted, is that in the last 30 years, Plumber's applying for and attaining a Master License has fallen off drastically because of Plumbers "signing off" and "covering" them. This is not a common occurrence...He deserves 👏 praise. Great job Kiddo...You did it!!! Mad Dog 🐕

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Re: Radarondack Chair
I would be impressed
if you could plumb it into a radiant loop, nice warm seat for the winter, plus it adds to the rooms btu's...
if you could plumb it into a radiant loop, nice warm seat for the winter, plus it adds to the rooms btu's...
Re: Short cycling steam boiler with water level that rises ~3 inches during heating cycle
All thank you. I did skim the boiler for 2 hours this evening and this reduced the problem by 80% (I will skim again tomorrow evening). As of now the boiler is no longer short cycling. Thank you.

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