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sizing indirect for new steam boiler

bob young
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REPLACEMENT STEAM BOILER .ea too confined for independant water heaters. not familiar with sizing method to provide indirect domestic tank , etc. 14 families. need formula for additional btu load to add to steam boiler. thanx, bob nyc
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No need to add....
anything. No different that adding an indirect to a hot water boiler. No room for a tankless water heater?0 -
Taco hvav
John Barba has a nice webinar on how to size
Also hotwater.com
Tankless & in NYC see me.0 -
Tankless
Consider takng a Find a Contractor ad.Retired and loving it.0 -
Sizing DHY loads:
Kind of an exercise in futility?
Size the DHW load by the way it is supposed to be added to a boiler, then picking boiler for a 30,000 BTU load at design temperature. When the DHW load calculates to over 100,000?
Its a "Phantom Load". Just put in a bigger indirect.
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