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  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    paul
    shift reset -1
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    paul, what do you think of the numbers?
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
    edited November 2015
    I'd zero it....-1 is doing nothing anyway.What are the setpoints at out door low and high?
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
    ....
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    it did bring it down a little
    also, I have the circs at medium speed
    I'll go 0 it now
    what about the rest of the numbers?
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
    Is the house comfortable now?. If so, whats the target number?
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    I put shift to 0 and it made my set pt to 97
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    very comfortable
    target was 94, but when i put the reset to 0, went up to 97
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    Gordy, did you notice, the temps are the same on the kitchen and the sensor
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    Paul, help me, when you say target is that the set pt?
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    I imagine, changing the shift to 0, the house will get a bit warmer
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
    edited November 2015
    Yes.....2nd number it's shooting for
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    ok, thanks
    since you tell me to go to 0, should i change something else to bring the set point down?
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
    What do you have the set point at?
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    on the menu
    set pt l 140
    set pt h 80
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
    Don't touch it.
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
    There is a set point 1, 2, or 3. Your is setpoint 1. those are the reset curve set points.
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    yes, I'm in 1
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    it's going to get warm again, changing the set point to -1 which starts off at 95, then jumps to 97
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    you feel it was a wise move to set the circs to medium. I had them on low before
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    when i changed the speed, the basement radiator got warm.
    do you think i should go to high?
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    out low -10
    out high 63
    set pt low 140
    set pt high 80
    out d shut dn 95
    shdn dif 10
    shift 0
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
    What's the SH 1 setting?
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    system 97/97
    sensor 41
    kitchen 41
    flame 42

    Paul, I thought i gave all the numbers, what did I miss?
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
    Move the set point low to 135 and see where your target temp goes.
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    ok, I'll be back
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    set pt low 135
    95/95
    flame 23 but might rise
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
    Isn't that where you wanted to be?
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    sounds good to me
    what about the speed of the circs?
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
    Leave everything alone now.....Read the service manual, as many times as it takes to understand every parameter.
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    system 95/95
    flame 29%
    sensor 41
    kichen 40
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    thanks Paul, and gordy
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
    Mark if it's in your budget a strap on thermometer on the return pipe to the boiler. Wondering what the delta t is your running..
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
    Difference between supply temp and return temp.
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
    There will be several things in the up coming season when the weather gets colder you could track and document. One example is when you get down to design temp -5 what your SWT is, modulation rate, and how long it is at that modulation..


    Another is of course more interest to you fuel usage compared to the old boiler.
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
    This will be how well a mod/con performs in a converted gravity flow system with ample radiation.

    SWEI
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
    maybemark said:

    thanks Paul, and gordy


    See my last three posts that's how you can thank us success.
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    there is not a doubt in my mind that my fuel will be less this season than any other winter i've lived here.
    I don't know if you remember, but the boiler i had before this one, was 35 years old, and i think it was 220,000btu, now, I have new technology with a boiler only 8500 btu. It's got to be better
    you mentioned a strap on thermometer, what dop they go for, and where would i get one?
    and that's what they are called? strap on?
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
    I just went downstairs.
    I felt the copper in and the copper out, they seem to be close to the same, and i have heard, this system works best, if the in is colder that the out. Is that correct what I am saying? putting a radiator in line, rather than in and out, 2 different pipes.
    When i say inline, I mean run it thru the in, of the boiler
  • Paul48
    Paul48 Member Posts: 4,469
    Mark.......You're only sending 95* water out to the system. Is the boiler condensing?

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