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Re: Can't get new oil water heater to stop locking out.
Yes they do. It used to be that. They changed it sometime in the last couple years. I went through that with Carlon on the phone. I initially thought it was the wrong burner because they said the same thing you did. Eventually they figured out it changed. It's now .6 at 155psi.
The Becket burner for the Bock 32 I believe is still the .7 or .75 at 100psi.
2x_Tom
Re: Main air vent location
The returns can't vent air if they are full of water. they have to be pitched if the radiator is heating normally.
mattmia2
Re: Main air vent location
Thinking on this a bit more, I wonder if those condensate returns are a bit problematic? They may have been okay to be that skinny when new, but how clear are they now. And the apparent lack of pitch makes me think they may be nearly full of water a lot of the time (and thus corrosion products).
Have you opened any of these lines and tried to blow through them (with compressed air)? I have some unpitched dry returns i suspect of constraining my venting on certain radiators.
Re: 2 floor, 2 unit home with two old oil steam boilers. Can I replace with 1 gas boiler, with 2 zones
That said. If I was installing two boilers, I would leave a tee in each boiler's condensate return and a tee in each boiler steam supply.
In an emergency if one boiler fails you can make a couple of temp connections with copper and heat both sides.
I did this in a pretty large Town hall once and tied 2 3" steam systems together with 1 1/2" and it worked well enough while one boiler was replaced. And that trick got me the job because they didn't have to go without heat.
Re: Why Do I Hear Hissing from Main Vent/Quick Vent After a Boiler Stops Running
No, it's air going in as the steam in the system collapses. And it is more or less normal… the vent doesn't open to let air in until it cools off a bit.
Re: Anybody have an opinion on HTproducts Super Stor Ultra Max?
Are these for preheat or are you getting the electric element version?
During no sun conditions the electric element will not deliver what the gas fired tanks will
I would consider one solar tank, series with a gas tank
Also test your water to be sure it meets the water spec for that stainless tank, here is the SuperStor water spec. The chloride spec is important with stainless steels.
A typical 2-tank solar pre-heat piping, with electric of gas heater
hot_rod
Re: At my whit's end with banging pipes, squirting vents and No heat! Please help!
it is very unlikely that the issue is that it "isn't draining", especially if it worked with the old boiler. it is far more likely that liquid water is being thrown in to the piping by the new boiler because the oil from the new boiler and piping hasn't been skimmed off properly or the new piping isn't correct or both.
mattmia2
Re: At my whit's end with banging pipes, squirting vents and No heat! Please help!
Unfortunately, it sound like a losing proposition for you. Your landlord refuses to admit he has a problem and refuses to do anything about it.
I would love to see pictures of this installation.
I will bet it is a real Clown Show.
I suppose you could call the board of health if the building is not heating but I am sure the landlord wouldn't like that.
What do the other tenants say?
Need to follow @maddog advise.
Unfortunately, nothing you can fix from your apartment
Re: At my whit's end with banging pipes, squirting vents and No heat! Please help!
"I've even chatted with some experts here and forwarded their information to my landlord, but he says "I don't need someone else to tell me what's wrong with my boiler."
It aggravates me to no end when people (your landlord) aren't willing or are too stubborn to listen to free knowledgeable advice. Whether they take it or not is their own decision but to not listen is the definition of ignorance.
