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Re: Explosive steam being released from discharge pipe
You paid for a service!
It could be something as simple as a bad valve! It happens. A good contractor WILL take care of it!
Call them back and let them figure it out.
pecmsg
Re: Additional Low Water Cutoff
A few days ago, I was reading about the "Waymo" self-driving cars. (first time I heard of Waymo) in San Francisco.
They had a power failure and all the traffic lights went out. When the Waymo got to a traffic light that was out it stopped dead in its tracks as it was programmed to do. All the Waymo's stopped dead. Massive traffic jamb
Re: How often do you add water to an oil boiler? (steam heat)
Generally speaking, what you are doing is just fine. It's not a bad idea to blow down a boiler from one of the drains — not the low water cutoff which is what you are using (I hope) for the weekly bit) once per season, but… it's not the end of the world if you don't.
Re: Koi Pond warming....
Plumber buddy of mine when he was remodeling his house he put a toilet in the middle of the cellar floor. Don't know if he ever built a bathroom around it LOL
Re: Koi Pond warming....
Great question. This is the first season and the data logger is getting installed next. The big concern was not boiling the Koi! Ha ha. Mad Dog
Re: Old Weil-Mclain Boiler No response.
Yeah, don't look like an off the shelf tube type to me.
https://youtu.be/4i04D_6A3Ho
Looks like it may be Vitreous enamel coated ceramic wire-wound resistor for the heater, maybe the connections to the heater have dilapidated.
Tube type
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Re: Boiler oversizing factor--Siegenthaler recommends max 10% (!!)
Is it the case that for hot water boilers, steam boilers, or forced air furnaces, that truly correctly sized means that they should run 24 hours straight on a design temperature day? Or is that incorrect thinking? I have heard that before for furnaces, but I have never once seen any type of system that actually ran 24 hours on a design day.
I would welcome such a thing myself, but it would probably freak a lot of people out. And I would welcome a system that on the coldest day couldn't quite meet the thermostat, because then I would be sure I wasn't oversized, but I am weird.
