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rob_23
rob_23 Member Posts: 8
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I need some different scenerios on why a boiler would sound like a popcorn machine and what a possible resolution would be.

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  • BobbyG
    BobbyG Member Posts: 79
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    a little more information

    Need to know a little more information.

    Like what type of boiler? cast-iron, copper tube, stainless steel?

    I can think of reasons for each style, just need to know which one and I will offer a few things.

    Also, is your boiler a new install or has it been running OK and then all of a sudden it started?
  • GatesMan
    GatesMan Member Posts: 14
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    debris?

    When water heaters do this it's usually ascribed to debris in the bottom of the tank.
  • Paul S_3
    Paul S_3 Member Posts: 1,261
    edited February 2010
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    same section

    if its a hot water boiler that popping sound can be from the supply and return being piped in the same boiler section. causing circulation only through that part of the boiler.that popping sound is the water boiling in the other sections
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  • toilburn
    toilburn Member Posts: 44
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    toilburn

    IF IT'S AN OIL BOILER; THE BLANKET IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER COULD BE FALLING OR DETEIREATING(?SPELLING)
  • toilburn
    toilburn Member Posts: 44
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    toilburn

    IF IT'S AN OIL BOILER; THE BLANKET IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER COULD BE FALLING OR DETEIREATING(?SPELLING)
  • TJ_5
    TJ_5 Member Posts: 71
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    If its a Mod-con

    It could be low water flow through the HX
  • ArcticFreeze
    ArcticFreeze Member Posts: 1
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    Search this website

    There is an article written about this that was posted in Reeves Journal. You can also find it on this website Dans article archives. I have had customers come to me with the same problem here in Alaska. The article was helpfull in supplying some answers.
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