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Whoa - one for the record books

Le John
Le John Member Posts: 234
in THE MAIN WALL
Today is the coldest day NYC has seen in more than 118 years.



Time to install a mod/con

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  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
    You all

    Are just spoiled;-)



    Here in Northern Illinois about every 10 years we get a sharp double below design week. We were due. But I have never seen the warning map cover almost 1/3 of the country north south east and west before.
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
    Soft

    We rely on a lot of things to survive. City-folk are the worst offenders, myself included. Most won't even spend the few dollars to buy a generator large enough to power the boiler, by itself. Imagine how hard a life-style it was 200 years ago.If you didnt cut enough wood for the winter....you died.
  • SWEI
    SWEI Member Posts: 7,356
    We really are

    If you get a chance, watch this http://www.pbs.org/wnet/frontierhouse/
  • Mark N
    Mark N Member Posts: 1,115
    Get facts straight

    Today is the coldest January 7th in 118 years.
  • ttekushan_3
    ttekushan_3 Member Posts: 960
    mod/con

    but on a below design day, would it MOD? Would it CON?

    Terry T

    steam; proportioned minitube; trapless; jet pump return; vac vent. New Yorker CGS30C

  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
    edited January 2014
    Creatures of comfort

    Is what we have a,ways been, and always will be . Humans have spent generations upon generations inventing widgets to make life more convenient and comfortable. It is evolution, but the trick to survive is not to forget how the stepping stones worked getting here in case you ever have to back track.
  • SWEI
    SWEI Member Posts: 7,356
    Will it?

    It should MOD to 100%.  Assuming it was sized to the heat loss calculation, it will easily meet the demand.



    It will CON if the emitter system was designed for that.
  • JohnNY
    JohnNY Member Posts: 3,284
    Coldest day?

    Give me the simplest cast iron boiler you got with a standing pilot, no vent damper, and a T87.
    Contact John "JohnNY" Cataneo, NYC Master Plumber, Lic 1784
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  • Mark Eatherton
    Mark Eatherton Member Posts: 5,852
    Mine still condenses above a return of 140

    And I know it's not a leak in the HXer because the make up is off.



    Combustion analysis shows 86 to 88% at 170 degrees F. And it still modulates down even at design conditions, and I undersized it by 50%. (load said 100K, installed a 50K). I would NEVER do that for a customer, but it is my home and I can experiment there without creating any issues. Makes you wonder about heat loss programs in general though...



    ME

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 24,104
    I'll buy it...

    Keep It Simple, Stupid has a lot to be said for it when the going gets tough...
    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • Le John
    Le John Member Posts: 234
    Yeah

    Oops, I see what I was thinking was not what I wrote.

    Thanks for the clarification.
  • STEVEusaPA
    STEVEusaPA Member Posts: 6,505
    22 degrees

    Anyone else besides me in the Northeast find it odd to be happy that the temp is back up to 22? Yeah I know you New Englanders had it worse, and colder for longer periods of time.

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