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Re: 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees player Aaron Gardner, died of carbon monoxide poisoning
I have lived, gone to school and worked all over the world starting as a kid when we went to Japan in the early 70's. My dad was one of those fathers who always had an evacuation plan — we knew where the exit was when on a plane …. he would not stay above the 6th floor in most hotels and we all had to count the number of doos in the hall to the exit. We all had a flash light … In Japan they had small gas heaters in some out of the way places — unvented and connected to the gas valve with push on rubber gas lines. Needless to say when we encountered these they were off limits .. I remember some cold nights. With the increase in AirBnB's everywhere … even in the USA you have to be careful and outside the USA you can't take anything for granted. Our group has booked places in both Costa Rica and Italy recently and both had mickey mouse installs all over the place … Americans want amenities that may not be common .. yes, heat and endless hot water. The people installing are often not trained and don't understand the dangers. There are no "codes"
TAG
Re: 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees player Aaron Gardner, died of carbon monoxide poisoning
Not that it matters because it doesn't but he was 14 years old. Really sad.
Maybe Costa Rica doesn't have many codes. Not that it matters the accident could happen anywhere where there are bad installs or lack of maintenance.
Re: Co-op in Brooklyn looking for steam consultant, 120 unit, single pipe, 1950s building
Contact @JohnNY
Re: Co-op in Brooklyn looking for steam consultant, 120 unit, single pipe, 1950s building
Also @EzzyT @clammy possibly @Mad Dog_2 (not sure if that is something he does) and a couple others.
mattmia2
Re: would you replace these controls immediately or wait and see?
Look at the moisture in those relays and the corrosion around the resistors on the board! The control should have been replaced without any further testing.
The manufacturer of any control that’s been subjected to water like that will tell you to replace it.
You’re not doing yourself or the customer any favor by trying to re-use controls in that condition.
Ironman
Re: What is the future of Hydronics?
Folks who know enough work on bigger projects.
jumper
Re: Thermostatic Radiator Valves with Indoor Temperature Sensors
The above. And two other thoughts. First, keep in mind that a TRV can reduce the heat from a radiator. It cannot increase it. Second, when TRVs start closing, they effectively make the system size smaller, and thus the boiler will be oversized for the system (if it isn't already!) and thus will have to cycle on pressure more often.
As @mattmia2 said, get the system well-balanced first. Then add TRVs if you still need them.
Re: Co-op in Brooklyn looking for steam consultant, 120 unit, single pipe, 1950s building
Thanks, Paul.
JohnNY
Re: Thermostatic Radiator Valves with Indoor Temperature Sensors
You need to fix the system problems before you think about TRVs. TRVs are good to help a room that chronically overheats or has a varying load, but you need to get the system basically balanced and fix issues that are causing some emitters to not hear before TRVs will help anything. If the pressure is well controlled and the system is balanced, TRVs closing shouldn't affect how fast or ho much of the remaining emitters heat appreciably.
If you try to solve system problems with TRVs it won't go well.
mattmia2
Re: What happened to Rems Tools(USA)
The RE#MS tee puller is a lot less $$ compared to a T-Drill. This is a T-Drill notch tool, however. Notching a piece of solar absorber tube .
By code it needs to have two dimples on the stub. One gets silver soldered over, the other is for inspection to assure of the depth. This older tool only does one dimple.
i have seen an even simplier tee puller that goes into a cordless drill I think Flynnstone posted it somewhere.
hot_rod