Boiler steam pressure

mark ransley

Do you mean One pound, is usualy good enough to get heat, I just saw it today it was at 5 lb, I lowered it to 2 lb. I wonder if it will heat more evenly and save any fuel, that would be great.

mark ransley

Boiler steam pressure

I have an old Kiwanee 2 pass 1,100,000 btu, steam, single pipe to radiators, what cut off pressure should it be set to, there is a round maybe 4" gauge that has pressure labeled, I set it higher years ago not knowing anything and am not at the location now to see its setting but is around 2 lb correct, what happens at 3-4-5 lb on a very old unit, im sure more leaks will occure. Thanks

Timco

Not necessarily leaks, but banging. 1# should be plenty. Low pressure travels faster and hotter than high pressure steam...if a rad does not get hot, check it's vent.

Tim

Brad White_202

One Pound per Square Inch

That is usually enough and a lot of the boiler piping arrangement might well have been predicated on that pressure and little more.

Keep in mind that the Empire State Building uses only 2-3 PSI on the coldest day, so what do you think your building needs?

Will it save fuel? Absolutely. And can quiet a lot of systems and as Tim noted, speed them up too!