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Makeup water and a hot water coil.

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ChrisJ
ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,695
in Strictly Steam
My understanding is makeup water is always pulled from a cold water line.  Why not the boilers internal hot water coil or a water heater instead? 

Wouldn't running the ice cold water through even the boiler's own internal hot water coil help soften the blow?
Single pipe quasi-vapor system. Typical operating pressure 0.14 - 0.43 oz. EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Control for Residential Steam boilers. Rectorseal Steamaster water treatment

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  • Greg Maxwell
    Greg Maxwell Member Posts: 212
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    Make up water

    It wouldnt matter in that case because the water still would have to be heated by the boiler one way or the other.
  • Charlie from wmass
    Charlie from wmass Member Posts: 4,322
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    We have done this with

    manual feeds for customers who had cracked previous boilers with cold fills. Automatic feeders are not rated for hot water.
    Cost is what you spend , value is what you get.

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  • crash2009
    crash2009 Member Posts: 1,484
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    Water feed

    I don't know if its right or not but the guy who re-piped mine installed my water feed line in the return.  Way on the other side of the hartford.  I suppose I could crack the boiler if I tried hard enough, but I would have to really go out of my way to do it.



    Yea, I insulated all that crap too.  What a pain.
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,695
    edited July 2011
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    black foam pipe insulation

    Crash, did you use fiberglass or the black foam insulation on your condensate lines?



    I would assume the black / gray foam would be perfectly safe on any pipes that always contain water?
    Single pipe quasi-vapor system. Typical operating pressure 0.14 - 0.43 oz. EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Control for Residential Steam boilers. Rectorseal Steamaster water treatment
  • crash2009
    crash2009 Member Posts: 1,484
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    Black foam

    works ok on a domestic hot water 120 F.  It would just melt on the condensate return 180-210 F.  Use fiberglass on steam/condensate lines.  My boiler and hot water heater are in a small room.  Without insulation that room was very hot. 



    You might need some heat in the basement.  Dont do the returns till last. 
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