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Moaning and groaning

subcooler
subcooler Member Posts: 140
in THE MAIN WALL
Cast Iron or a water tube?

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  • Bill Nye_2
    Bill Nye_2 Member Posts: 538
    Noisy boiler

    Moaning and groaning , and not because of my bad back or other aches and pains.

    I had a W/M P368 circa 1989 "strange noise" call today. It sounded like the abonibal snow monster with a toothache or the who's roast beast gasping for it's dying last breath.

    I tried raising the water pressure, lowering the pressure, I checked the xtrol precharge, lowered the aquastat setting, made sure the capillary was fully inserted, downfired the nozzle lowered the pump pressure, brushed the boiler......... I spent an hour and a half and made it "better". But Mrs. Jones [not her real name] is still unhappy.

    I think it is from sediment and impurities in the boiler.

    It does get worse as the temperature increases, the circ pump does not seem to change the noise.

    I did not change the temperature/pressure gauge. I did not change the aquastat. She will spend no money because "It was fine until your company cleaned it this year".

    Where can I find something in writing concerning this? At this point "Mrs. Jones" thinks I am full of ...... , er, beans.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    You didn't mention it, but I gotta ask...

    and I'd think you'd probably mention it any way, but is there glycol in the system?

    If there is, we use a chemical called a chelant (chelate) that stops the moaning and groaning on CFT boiler INSTANTLY, if not sooner. Might work in your case too...

    Order from Dennis Bellanti at Ferguson Hydronics in Denver.
    303 320-4833 Tell him I said HEY.

    ME
  • Bill Nye_2
    Bill Nye_2 Member Posts: 538
    nope

    No glycol
  • subcooler
    subcooler Member Posts: 140
    What type of boiler is it..

  • Guy_6
    Guy_6 Member Posts: 450
    noise

    Does it seem to be a boiler noise, or is it a burner noise?
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    have your customer?

    Have your customer been calling the boiler "furance" ?
  • Jim_93
    Jim_93 Member Posts: 5
    Boiler Noises

    Bill, I like the attitude of your customer not wanting to spend any money because it was fine until your company cleaned it. I received a similar attitude from one customer. Hot air furnace, she had used another company for years and then switched to us. After our cleaning we noticed that our draft instruments indicated a cracked heat exchanger. When we looked closer, the soot pile that was in the furnace had created a line on the heat exchanger, after vacuuming out the heat exchanger, tests now indicated that there was a leak. When I got involved I asked her why she switched from brand x company to us, she told me that she did not think they were doing a good job because she had soot marks on her walls near the heat outlets. Still would not allow me to tell her that these things are related. She told me she wanted us to pay for the new furnace. (took pictures, tagged with a danger tag and disabled the furnace, notified the fire inspector.) She called the original company back to check her furnace. They sent out their cleaning guy and he told them there was nothing wrong and turned the system back on for her!!. Fire inspector fined them. :) Then she called me back. She informed me that we (the first company, the building inspector and I) were all crooks planing against her. THen she wanted me to give her a price on a new system. I could go on and on but you get the hint.
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