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Re: Does anyone know where I can buy....
Gotham Ave?? Yeah those are nice, but these are unique European?. That bathroom was remodeled in last 20 yes max. Mad Dog
Re: System 2K boiler oddly fires briefly
@KyleO based on your video, I believe what you have is digital sensor that is intermittently losing its signal to the manager. In the video you have a zone that is calling and heating and the return is coming back at 170 deg so the burner is shut off based on return temp at the time. Then you see the temperature bars go out and the burner light comes on, and that because once the manager loses the temperature reading from the sensor, it will switch to service board mode where it fires the burner to run up on the high limit instead but then the sensor sends a temperature signal and the manager reads the 170 and turns the burner light back off. That is my best guess based on the short video. When you call your service company, I would suggest they bring a new sensor with them and we can verify it with the tech when they are on site.
szwedj
Re: Air to Water Heat Pumps
You know, all this reminds me a little bit of the bad old days, 60 or so years ago, when I was a pretty wild kind of guy and into drag racing. SuperStock. There were lots and lots of discussions — some rather heated — and theories on how to make a gofast car gofaster and stay at least vaguely street legal. Horsepower ratings. Best rear axle (both the axle itself and suspension). Carburetors. Timing curve mods. Headers. The lot. A lot of guys (and gals) did a lot of tinkering, and there were always the guys with fancy instruments who proved us wrong…
But you know what? At the end of the day it was pretty darn simple: did my car get to the other end of the quarter mile before yours did? End of story.
It was fun while it lasted, until the EPA took our toys away…
Jan and Dean Live - Little Old Lady from Pasadena .
Here it's much the same. Is the little old lady warm and comfortable in her house? Can she afford it? End of story.
Re: Peerless ECT-03 vs WM SGO-3 vs Williamson OSB-3
the coil can be replaced without getting a new boiler
Re: Peerless ECT-03 vs WM SGO-3 vs Williamson OSB-3
Whichever… the quality and skill of the installer is at least as important as the label on the boiler.
Re: Peerless ECT-03 vs WM SGO-3 vs Williamson OSB-3
Is the coil leaking? A bad coil is a horrible reason to replace a boiler. Buy an electric water heater and plug the coil.
Re: Monoflow system does not heat well
The head is relatively low in a monoflo loop but you need a fair bit of velocity for the water to take both branches of the diverter tees.
You may need more gpm than @EBEBRATT-Ed calculates to encourage enough flow in the branches. It would be a balance between the max velocity for the pipe size and what it takes to move the output of the boiler but if the boiler is enough smaller than the piping the water might just happily circulate around the run of the monoflo tees if you calculate only on what you need to move the heat.
Are there any balancing valves or bypass valves that need to be partially closed that are now wide open?
Just because you don't get air when you bleed doesn't mean there isn't air somewhere that can't get to the bleeder valves but more bleeding isn't going to fix that if it is the problem.
mattmia2
Re: Does anyone know where I can buy....
my grandfather’s house in Elmont had a piece of granite under the bowl. Not quite as decorative as yours, but did the same thing.
pecmsg
Re: (Updated with pictures.) Likely gas leak after installing new thermocouple?
I absolutely read your post, that's why I'm concerned you may be in over your head. Natural gas and propane leaks (all fuel for that matter) can be deadly. It's very hard to walk you through something remotely with any assurance that youll have done it safely in the end.
As a Licensed Master Plumber, I have a legal & moral obligation to treat possible Life Safety issues with extreme prejudice. I cannot & will not assist anyone, remotely, on fuel gas related issues.
If you were making a repair on a waste line or steam.pipe or wet return (not life threatening possibilities), I'm happy to and often weigh in with my advice. Gas leaks can be very elusive and hard to pin down.
As a consultant, how would I have anything to gain from you? I have no idea where you are located and doubt I cover your area for gas/no heat service.
Just be careful. I'd rather your home be cold than worse things happen. Mad Dog
Re: Many years of issues with radiant floor heat.
If I recall some RT systems called for non barrier tubing and a water heater as the heat source. Making any upgrades very difficult.
Grallert