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Re: Refurbished radiator making bird noises. Not vent?
@AdmiralYoda Yeah completely agree. Annoying that it doesn’t “just work” but it would be REALLY annoying to disconnect, return, and roll the dice on another one.
It’s a nice looking radiator too, the matte black rustoleum bbq spray finish turned out pretty good.
Tezak
Re: Condensate Piping- One Pipe
Steam can't move through a system that has air in it. The quicker you vent the air, the quicker the steam can move through the system.
The general rule is, Vent the Mains fast and the rads slow.
Pumpguy
Re: Condensate Piping- One Pipe
You burn fuel the push the air out of the system. Steam may fill the main pipes faster, less burn time, less fuel. May help with balancing the mains too, for more even heating.
109A_5
Re: Help with Goodman GSXC16 Error code 04
All this talk about the electric service is moot. The electric company fixed the problem and now we are just waiting on the warranty replacement parts. Other neighbors on the same underground service past my son's home also experienced electrical problems and their light dimming problems have also stopped. Many problems solved. Still getting error 04. Now we will see if the replacement board will correct that problem.
I'm just giving all here an update now that I believe that the issue will be corrected as soon as the PCB in replaced. I believe that some hard to solve problems here never reach a conclusion because once it is fixed, there is no need to post anything here and we all would like to know what happened. Did the problem get fixed? Did the the equipment get replaced? Did the wrong steam piping get repiped correctly? Did the house blow up? Did the OP die in the explosion? Just wanted everyone to know that I'm still alive!🤣
Stay tuned to this channel for more updates after station identification.
Re: Indirect Water Heater not level ?
I usually use 4" electrical box covers for shims. They are cheap (at least they used to be)
Re: Taco SR501 switching relay
I found that out when the zone valve for my air handler coil failed. I robbed the motor from my radiant heat zone to get heat and just left the zone valve open manually. I was using a ZVC-404 and placed a jumper across the end switch terminals. I just figures that radiant zone would overheat for a few days until I got a replacement zone valve motor. As it turns out, leaving the zone valve open manually did not cause any overheating of the radiant zone. That is because the thermostat for the radiant needs to call for heat to operate the low temperature. circulator from the mixing valve. I never replaced the zone valve motor and it is still operating perfectly with no zone valve.
I have redesigned subsequent radiant floor systems since that discovery. Sometimes you need to see it (experience it) to believe it.
Re: Soldering close to soldered fitting
I'd cut on the left side of the press coupling and on the right of the press tee, then piece it back together with 2 repair couplings (maybe even a union?). Start with the left side of the tee and work your way outward, minimizing the heat on the existing sweat fittings. As long as you have everything fluxed properly and can control the heat, there shouldn't be any concern with the existing sweat joints.
GroundUp
Re: Taco SR501 switching relay
couple of techs already mentioned it.
Protocol, thermostat to ZV, end switch from ZV to RW on SR50, and end switch on SR501 to TT on boiler.
Re: System Sizing
Pipe the boilers in PARALLEL with primary/secondary manifolding. Piping them in series will give you all kinds of grief.
