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Re: Steam boiler piped wrong
Re: Safety concerns and replacement options for a 140 co ppm 35 year old boiler
Re: Boiler Replacement Quote
Getting States to agree???? We can't even get the most populated county in the 50 states to agree. Mad Dog
Re: Boiler Replacement Quote
Half the business owners today have no idea what the yellow pages are. You must be over 50
Re: Plate heat exchanger
You can certainly do the job with hydronic hot water heat. You will need 2 circulators an expansion tank, air eliminators a heat exchanger, glycol and all the piping and wiring and controls.
For me the cost of the above would be prohibitive just to heat a bathroom.
I agree with @jumper above. Some electric baseboards or a wall mounted electric heater with a fan will keep the bathroom toasty
JMHO
Re: HTP Phoenix PH 199 throwing F11, false flame signal
Returned to the job with a replacement gas valve. Installed 2 weeks ago and have had no problem since.
Sent original valve back for warranty…..see how that goes.
There is a very fine mesh screen on the gas inlet connection and it was clean.
Just a side note for anyone who has to change one of these out, I recommend just removing the entire burner for better access to the 7 screws involved.
Thanks for input.
JUGHNE
Re: heat exchanger needed for combining old & new systems?
Suppose you do not have Oxygen Barrier PEX, the nyou need a HX to separate an iron boiler from the rest of the system. If you are using a stainless steel boiler than no HX needed, but all the pumps and other accessories need to be Stainless steel or Bronze.
After you determine that, you will need two temperatures form that boiler at the same time. In the event that both the high temperature Radiator zone and the low temperature PEX zone calls for heat at the same time.
Here is a booklet you will want to read to know how to do that. . Zoning with two temperatures starts on Page 24 in this booklet. There are other good sources available to find different ways to do that.
Re: Difficulty in Properly Sizing Equipment - 2140 Sq Ft New Construction Spray Foam House
when I get home
pecmsg
Re: Beckett Oil to Propane conversion kit: requesting advice / suggestions
Beckett makes oil burners and gas burners but as far as I know there is no conversion kit. You can't turn an oil burner into a gas burner.
You might be able to remove the oil burner and put a Carlin or Beckett gas burner in your existing furnace but I wouldn't do that with a 9 year old furnace.
Neither Carlin, Beckett or Carrier would have tested that combination as Gas furnaces are available so you would be in uncharted territory even if you could find someone who would do the switch.
As @Jamie Hall mentioned oil has 140,000BTUs/ gallon.
Propane has 91,500 BTU/gallon of propane
So for example if you burn 500 gallons of fuel oil/year (500 x 140000)=70,000,000btu/year
70,000,000/91,500=765 gallons of propane to do the same job. Efficiency is about the same
Check the fuel price before you do anything. In most areas fuel oil is less expensive.