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Re: Sad day at work - wall mount toilet tank hole
i think that is going to happen sooner or later where you have to rip the wall open to fix something if you bury a toiler rank in a wall.
mattmia2
Re: Replacing 30 year old Vesta oil boiler….
The boiler you are thinking of is a very good boiler. Normally I would say that the first thing one should do is determine the actual heat loss of the house and also the type and amount of radiation to properly size a boiler, and I'm a little concerned that that may be a bigger boiler than you need. But otherwise the general plan you seem to have in mind should work well for you.
That said, particularly with the newer boilers, it is essential that the contractor really knows what he or she is doing. They are not just a matter of dropping it off the truck and attaching a couple of fittings. To get the kind of efficiency and satisfaction of which they are capable, some time and expertise is required — so pick your contractor well (if you tell us where you are, we may know someone…).
I'd avoid a contractor who says you don't need a permit like the plague. I know of very few jurisdictions where you don't, and being willing to suggest slipping by without one does not encourage me…
As to the tank and lines — if the lines don't leak, they're fine, though replacing them is cheap. Your oil company should be able to test the tank for integrity for a nominal price — you really can't tell just by looking (or even tapping!).
The chimney? If you have a wood stove, you also have a chimney sweep I hope. Have him or her look at the chimney and advise you.
Re: Adding C-wire to my system
Sometimes it is difficult for some folks to follow wiring diagrams so I thought I would post the before and after diagram. Of course, I don't have a crystal ball so the BEFORE is a guess at how the wires are connected, So @domolek will need to verify the "Before" diagram.
I have seen the “Before” wiring several times in my short 45 years of doing this stuff. As long as there is an extra unused wire in the line from the thermostat to the junction area, then it should be easy to do the "After" diagram. I don't know what color the extra wire might be on the line from the thermostat to the junction area, so I selected light blue to indicate that wire. But you can use whatever color the extra wire is, because electric is colorblind.
Hope this makes this idea as clear as can be
Re: Sad day at work - wall mount toilet tank hole
I was working on a roof top unit at Sports Authority in Seekonk, MA on Christmas weekend on a windy day and took a panel off a unit and put it flat on the roof next to the unit. I went to get some tools in the truck and came back up and the panel is gone. The wind picked it up and cartwheeled it across the roof and put a big gash in the rubber roof. Found the panel 50' away and got some silicone and sealed up the roof temporally. Told the manager what happened and told him he needed a roofer.
They called because they had 6 RTUs down no heat at all. I figured driving there that someone shut off the gas or a power problem.
Turns out the fire alarm system was shutting down the RTUs. I told him if you want heat, I can bypass the relays, but I am not responsible and you're going to have to sign the slip indicating that. He said go ahead we need heat. We have been having fire alarm issues, and the alarm company hasn't fixed it we have been calling them. i said you better call them right now.
Re: Ever seen one of these??
was there like a drying shelf on the bottom? looks like there are lugs to hold a shelf on the bottom.
mattmia2
Re: Vent placement in home 2-pipe steam heat system
Coal boilers also had about 10x the mass of iron and water compared to a modern boiler.
mattmia2
Re: Geothermal, one loop field, two air handlers
we’re picking away at this, I only got 3 1/2 hours on the job today. One of my guys did some of this manifold work as well. We also ran some 1” PE pipe through the basement. Back Monday to fire this puppy up. Maybe both puppies
yeah we slapped some vanes on that return
GW
Re: Ever seen one of these??
That's for drying plates or keeping them warm before they're served.
Re: BMI capacitors?
My LG television started taking longer and longer to turn on after about 6 years. Replaced the capacitors with better quality ones and it’s been running fine for 12 years.
Good components make a difference.
Re: Gorton vents
Even stuff that says USA made may be on a slow boat from China.
When I was between years in college I had a summer job in Stamford, CT wiring control panels in a factory. Todd CEA. I was wiring a panel for the Cost Guard Station in Cape May, NJ.
The boss of the panel shop came around with a handful of stickers and put them on the panels being wired. The stickers said, "UNION MADE". Needless to say, we were not union.
53 years ago, wonder if that panel is still in use? Doubtful