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Re: Remodeled House. Now Radiators Are Way Too Large
@tocker That’s not going to happen. The owners spent a lot of money to get the mass to drive efficiency. Changing radiators to smaller ones would mean increasing the heating curve; reduced efficiency.
The existing heating curve is approaching a radiant floor.
Re: Proper sizing for combi boiler
Combi only makes sense if you are tight on space or you need a lot of hot water for filling a large tub.
Doesn't sound like that is the case, so I would stick to a stand alone hot water heater.
Boiler guys like to install indirect water heaters but they are expensive and nowhere near as efficient and most think.
Your lowest operating and install cost is a heat pump water heater. Next is a regular power vented gas tank.
Modcon boilers with a standalone gas water heater are pretty much the norm around me.
If you really must have the combi, I would go for the smallest unit they make and install a resistance tank water heater down stream of it. The idea is that as long as the combi can keep up all the hot water will come from the combi, once it starts loosing steam if multiple showers are going, the tank makes up for the difference. Bonus is the resistance tank also acts as a buffer so there are no delays on hot water.
Kaos
Re: New refrigerants Epa 608
Our educational partner, SkillCat, has EPA 608 Certification available on their mobile app. (The only app that has EPA 608 training AND the official EPA Exam.)
And if you download the app using this link, it helps support the Heating Help community.
Re: Electric Steam Boiler
Can they stay in the shower for a long period when it runs? If not it must be steam making the room hot.
Put some food coloring in the steamer😉maybe then they will see the steam.
hot_rod
Re: Mystery tool
I'll be dipped. That worthpoint listing led me to a similar worthpoint listing of my exact tool with the same "Boston Mass." casting:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-bed-key-wrench-firemans-503832991
The worthpoint tool listing says it's nickel-plated iron (maybe they were wrong?) but mine is definitely bronze. Otherwise identical.
So it's an antique "bed" wrench that was carried by firemen and used to disassemble and remove beds in burning houses, because the beds were often the most valuable possession. Here's a blog about fireman's bed wrenches:
The wrenches in that collection aren't 3-ended like mine, and appear to be older versions. But I've found listings for several more 3-ended "bed" wrenches like mine that appear to be later variants.
Maybe no longer useful, but makes a cool paper weight!
jesmed1
Re: Electric Anode rods
Actually a Z German brand. Green light indicates just power as far as I know
Maybe @larry knows how to test the electronic rods
hot_rod
Re: Remodeled House. Now Radiators Are Way Too Large
and a sweet little Mesa combo amp in there too, you didn't use that as your table during the project did you?😁
GGross
Re: New refrigerants Epa 608
I ran into a former co-worker the other day. He told me that the R454-B is in short supply and pricy…..very pricy.
In fact he said some people have installed R-454-B units and then find out they can't find refrigerant.
he said some have resorted to putting R-410A in. I guess most MFgs are using R-454B but some others (like Goodman) are going R-32
Re: Vent placement in home 2-pipe steam heat system
Here it is:
@pacoit , does this look like yours?
Re: New, unused Peerless 63-04 Brooklyn/Queens area
Reassembling the sections, is technically not to manufacture specs. Which is why it's not listed in the manual. It could be done, if there were sets of circumstances that warranted. But it's a lot of work, and may or may not work. Meaning if it fails the pressure test, then we need to start again..... More time and more expensive. Not something that I would want to do and frankly not something the customer wants. If it was my own boiler in my own house and I had a lot of extra time then maybe. But I know there are guys out there that will have no problem doing this type of work and bless them. That's why I am offering this for sale.
