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Re: The "equalizer" is mis-named. It does nothing to equalize anything.
You can walk around all day with your jeans on an no belt and your pants won't fall down.
But if you start working overhead and sucking in your gut your pants may fall down.
(Unless your fat like me)
So I wear a belt.
Thats how i think about equalizers.
You never know when you might need one.
Who wants to take the chance??
Re: Mystery- One radiator making a hammering loud sound at beginning of cycle
The various vent choices have much more to do with how fast and how completely the radiator heats than anything else — it might make a small difference to the banging, but very little. So don't worry about that.
Re: [Solved] Taco VT2218 Rattling Sound
Can you get enough flow through that copper tube boiler with just one zone open? You may need a primary secondary piping to assure the boiler gets adequate flow
Looks like a good size boiler, what is the heat load of the building?
hot_rod
Re: Single pipe radiator
bodge[bäj]verb
- make or repair (something) badly or clumsily:"they were left in a half-finished house renovation when the company bodged improvement works" · "the door was bodged together from old planks"
Had to look this term up, but "unbodge" is clearly on point and should be part of the lexicon
Regards,
RTW
RTW
Testo 310
i have a 10 year old Testo 310 combustion analyzer that has only been used about a dozen times. i bought it to test the combustion on my own steam system. It now tells me the o2 sensor is bad. I peeled it apart with some difficulty and the sensor in the unit is a 0390 0285.
The Testo site does not accept that number. This is the original 310 not the 310-II, does anyone know of a replacement part number? They charge a small fortune so I don't want to just guess
BobC
Re: Funny but not so funny
Well, better that your water line leaked into the septic than vice versa. 😄
jesmed1
Re: The "equalizer" is mis-named. It does nothing to equalize anything.
Too bad..
Great time. I'm a retired drinker, but I would've bought you a few rounds....Mad Dog
Re: Loud radiators - first “shoulder season” night
ah I re-read your original post and makes sense now. Will try that though running out of heating days here in NJ
Re: Stadler radiant heat loop always circulating
I would say if the radiant zone is basically the same room or space as the kitchen great room zone, then keeping on one thermostat/ zone makes sense. The red knobs on the manifold would let you do some balancing if the radiant 144 sq ft is over-heating.
Since the info has been dribbling in, it is tough to come up with the best fix. It looks like zone 2&3 will call on the boiler, based on the relay box wiring. So one heating zone and one for the indirect?
I'm not sure why the nozzle was switched back and forth? If the manual calls for the .65, what was the reasoning for the .85?
All in all I don't see any major problems.
As far a heating cost, start looking for ways to upgrade the structure. Have an energy audit done, blower door and infrared scan. That could be the biggest win for lowering heating costs.
hot_rod