Burnham Alpine Blower Problems...

JimZ

Installed a Burnham Alpine HW High Eff. boiler about 2 years ago, first year blower failed, and replaced it, now it has failed again, was wondering if anyone was having this same problem, and what could be causing it?, the only thing i can think is the basement is very damp, could this be a issue?.

Thanks for any help.

Robert O'Brien

Probably

Cross contamination

Jason_13

Boiler sizing

Boiler could be drastically short cycling due to oversizing. Saw a similar situation up north PA which had an average run time of about 48 sec.

As stated cross contamination  or improper venting.

j a_2

Baeboard or Radiators

What was your heat loss and what type of system,copper baseboard or radiators..Any indirect? Post a pic...Was a buffer tank required?

JimZ

re: blower motor issues

Hi,

Thanks for your answers, i went over the system with the burnham rep, and also technical service at burnham, the exhaust and intake are seperated with a 4' distance horizontally and 3' vertically, and properly piped with the "t's" per installation recommendation, so the cross contamination seems unlikely, also went thru the computer and determined the average cycle time over it's history is 19 minutes, and is sized correctly per the radiation in the home. The basement is extremely moist, and damp, the boiler is on blocks but there is a hint of rust already developing inside the bottom of the jacket after 2 years. We are recommending enclosing the boiler in a small mechanical room and keeping a de-humidifier in there, with replacing the blower motor, and possibly the computer also. not sure what a "buffer" tank is, but the system has a correctly sized expansion tank if thats what you mean, also no indirect, house has a seperate hwh. thanks again for your answers.

j a_2

sizing

You do mean sized per heat loss and not radiation, correct