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Corroded drain valve and pinhole in return pipe
I have a 1987 Burnham 140k btu, 1 pipe system in Brooklyn NY,house built in 1but,
1st question my boiler drain valve has corroded so this year I use the return line drain out to remove water. After removing 2 gal of water which was rusty. So I did it a again with my hose under the water steam started to come out with very rusty water. IS THiS OK TO DO?
2) I had a pin hole leak in the return line today, I patched it with epoxy and screw. Then wrapped a 3inch wide bicycle tube around it and put epoxy on it 2 times. I put 3 clamps on it one over the screw(with less pressure than the clamps at the ends). Do you think this will last until the spring when I can get a plumber to change out the pipe? Can I send you a pic?pipe is over 30 feet long stairs have been built over it wall built over it. How would it be replaced?
3) can I use a plastic drain out valve, to replace my corroded one? I think it came from my old water tank.
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3) can I use a plastic drain out valve, to replace my corroded one? I think it came from my old water tank.
Re: Anyone know about this service tech move?
@hot_rod Always two sides to a story, LOL. Facts in quantum superposition, if that isn't the spirit of the times. A reach? It's just my opinion, speculation, about what real investigative work would find. I'm not interested in airing loads of common state of the industry dirt on a public forum. Rest assured your sensibilities would be injured. I just wanted to know if the bugs thing is common. It seems it's not and that's good.The bugs aren't common, but if you ever find a 4" crescent wrench near a furnace or boiler it is mine and I want it back 😂
GGross
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Re: How Do I Connect This Wire?
@EdTheHeaterMan I think you're in the 'how do I connect this wire" hall of fame. 
Re: Two-Pipe Third Floor Radiator Slow to Heat
I don't see how those traps can work in those weird positions, but I am usually wrong anyhow.
Re: How Do I Connect This Wire?
Nice job @EdTheHeaterMan good info.You can use the search feature above and look for "How do I connect that wire" and you will be able to find this discussion... even after I'm one of the Dead Men
Maybe Erin can scoop this up and keep it somewhere where it can be found like in a file. Don't know how you would organize the different drawings though.
It is definitely a good idea with all the Nest questions we get. There are probably 2-3 every week.
That's why I started it, just so I can find it easily
Re: Manufactured home furnace short cycling
People use the term all the time in the UK. They call the hood of a car the bonnet.mattmia2 said:My first suggestion was to jump r-w and see if it runs continuously.Whats the supply air temperature at the bonnet?Do people still say "bonnet"? I've seen it in old literature and my uncle that is now in his 80's called it that but I thought it was replaced with "supply plenum" long ago.
Re: Anyone know about this service tech move?
At least they didn't say the bugs died from CO poisoning.
Anyone know about this service tech move?
On Friday a good customers bother calls me up saying his furnace has been deemed dead and was curious if I could give a second opinion. "The Comfort People" otherwise known as the sales people were scheduled for Monday. The diagnosing company has the cartoon guys with tools on their vans and flags on their shirts. I offered to look that night as I needed to measure up a water heater swap. I opened the furnace to find these rubber southern cockroaches placed around the gas valve and blower cabinet. At first I though they were real but I've never seen a bug like that in NorCal. in 30 years. Thermostat and gas valve wires were all pulled and I read a write up about a bad (intermittent) gas valve accompanied by 45 pictures. A lawyer technique: Overwhelm and confuse them with info and discovery. 80% Trane burner tubes crossovers tend to make little heat/rust spots on the sides of the manifold mount brackets. This was indicated as very bad. A sign that the heater was damaged by over heating. There was never a high limit code. The problem was a failed 3 month old Nest refusing to charge despite have good voltage and a C wire. The gas valve works great. My guess is the tech knew that. Are the roaches a new industry thing to scare people? Keep them from DIY ing or making other companies not want to look at a nasty job? The logic and risk vs reward judgment is child like.
Teemok
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Re: Thread sealant cure
I really hate pipe dope questions.
There are no answers except making sure the dope you use is compatible with the type of pipe and the contents of the pipe.
Every poster has a method that works for them.
Why discuss the endless question of what dope to use, how to apply it, weather to use it with Teflon tape or is Blue Monster tape better?. Do you dope the fitting before taping with teflon or do you use the dope first or do you dope tape then dope? What if I use dope with no tape? How about doping the inside of the female threads? etc etc etc?
It's like installing a boiler. We always say the installer is more important than the boiler. Well, the installer is more important than the dope....unless the installer is the dope.
My Sunday rant. Not going to respond to dopey questions anymore
There are no answers except making sure the dope you use is compatible with the type of pipe and the contents of the pipe.
Every poster has a method that works for them.
Why discuss the endless question of what dope to use, how to apply it, weather to use it with Teflon tape or is Blue Monster tape better?. Do you dope the fitting before taping with teflon or do you use the dope first or do you dope tape then dope? What if I use dope with no tape? How about doping the inside of the female threads? etc etc etc?
It's like installing a boiler. We always say the installer is more important than the boiler. Well, the installer is more important than the dope....unless the installer is the dope.
My Sunday rant. Not going to respond to dopey questions anymore