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  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    what flame % is optimal
    32 for chicago is not cold yet
    it will be -10 sometime in Feb
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    i know there is alot of water and metal in my system, I thought that is a good thing for these boilers to work efficiently
  • SWEI
    SWEI Member Posts: 7,356
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    Yes, definitely. If the rooms are that far out of balance, assuming all the valves were open, you'll have to pick the coldest room and dial the others back to match it.

    I don't recall -- did you install an ECM circulator?
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    ecm? I did not change the circs
    the boiler must have timed out, when i got downstairs
    115 (117)
    flame 89%
    it rose quite fast to
    118 {117}
    flame 82
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    118 {117)
    flame 76%
    outside 32
    inside 72
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
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    You will need to make coffee.
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    gordy
    on a chicago 32 f what would you think i should have the flame % at for
    what does that mean, make coffee?
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
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    Do you understand why the boiler was not modulating?
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    my outside reset was not right, I think
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
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    Dunkin donuts.
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
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    So you can baby sit the boiler tonight.
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    now it went to 118 {118}
    79%
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
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    Room temp?
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    I did not touch anything, and the setpoint went up 1 degree
    room temp where stat is is 71
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
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    good
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    should I leave everything alone?
    is 79% flame an efficient flame?
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    still the same as before
    118/118
    79 flame
    32
    71
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    should i turn the reset lower?
    it was at 9, I turned it down to -1
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
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    Watch the room temp if it starts to climb, or drop shift accordingly.

    Start balancing rads like Kurt said.
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    is 79% good? for the flame?
    I would think not, we will have much colder days than today
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
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    Stop it with the flame. Your system is cold it needs to equalize.
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
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    This is a process that takes time.
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    it's just a question
    the room that is the warmest is the fish room, but i do not want to change it. I have the stat in my bedroom, and I did have the valve turned down at 1st, but when we were looking for numbers, I turned the valve open
    the lliving room went up to 68, I'm happy with that and the kitchen is 69 now, I am happy with this
    I will cut down the bedroom, and i imagine the other rooms will improve
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
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    Now your cooking. Once your system is balanced, and everything is warmed up the boiler will start to modulate down.
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    Dave must be showering tenant upstairs)
    system 147
    flame 100%
    tank 129 {136}
    outside 32
    inside 71
    the pumps are off for heat, and tank pump is on
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    I turned down the valve in the bedroom the room with the stat
  • SWEI
    SWEI Member Posts: 7,356
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    Flame % means nothing here -- it's all about water temps and air temps.
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    when i 1st went downstairs
    flame was 20%
    system 140
    DHW was satisfied
    the short time i was in the basement watching
    system went down to 112 then slowly it went up with flame going up
    I left
    flame 100% 117/117
    outside 32
    inside 71
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    system 118/118
    flame 99%
    outside 32
    inside 71
    upstairs is good upstairs, but he says he feels the temp rising
  • SWEI
    SWEI Member Posts: 7,356
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    All of those measurements have an OAT of 32°F. You need to see what happens when the outdoor temp rises or falls.
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    what is oat?
    and i know chicago the temp will be alot colder than it is now
  • SWEI
    SWEI Member Posts: 7,356
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    OAT = Outdoor Air Temperature.

    Again, the only things that matter here are the indoor air temp and the outdoor air temp.

    Got any thermometers lying around? Tracking temps in several rooms can help a lot with balancing.
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    119/118
    flame 92%
    outside 32
    inside 71
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    I do have 1 other thermometer
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    and I have a thermometer on the wall in the kitchen
    the other thermostat is in the living room not hooked up, but with a battery in it
    The only room that is the hot room is the fish room, but, that's ok, spend less electricity heating the tanks
    and my bedroom, where the live thermostat is
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    bedroom is 71
    living room is 68
    kitchen is 69 and rising
    I am measuring fish room now
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    I just had surgery 1 1/2 weeks ago on my knee, this is good therapy going up and down the stairs, but it is starting to hurt
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    I tore my meniscus
    118/118
    flame 79%
    outside 32
    inside 71
  • maybemark
    maybemark Member Posts: 1,131
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    I changed outdoor reset from -1 to -4
    system 117/117
    flame 65%
    outside 31
    inside 71
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
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    Your not using the remote function linked to your smart phone to change, and view the parameters?

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