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Harvey Ramer
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Where does the condensate pump pump to?
Just curious as I don't see the hose anywhere.Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.
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Nice work as always Harvey .You didn't get what you didn't pay for and it will never be what you thought it would .
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If you look on the upper left of the picture you can see a 3/4" pvc pipe exiting the wall @ a 45° angle. That's where the condensate is going. Designed to prevent any freezing or ice jams.ChrisJ said:Where does the condensate pump pump to?
Just curious as I don't see the hose anywhere.
There's no sanitary drain in the building.
@hot rod It is very quiet. You can hear it at full fire but when it modulates down you hardly can tell it's running.
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Beautiful job. How do like those mega-press fittings?0
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I like mega press. They sure come in handy. I always use a mixture of regular blk fittings and nipples and mega press keeps me from having to thread any pipe.0
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Harvey, Great job looks good! One question about the 45 degree angle, I have always wanted to do that but have always been too scared that it would freeze, have you had any freeze ups?
I am in Central Vermont so it gets stupid cold for weeks at a time (not this year though so far) and I would pipe in a wye to overflow so the boiler wouldn't shut down but the amount of condensate these boilers can produce scares me a bit.
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TomTom
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I haven't had any problems.Tom said:Harvey, Great job looks good! One question about the 45 degree angle, I have always wanted to do that but have always been too scared that it would freeze, have you had any freeze ups?
I am in Central Vermont so it gets stupid cold for weeks at a time (not this year though so far) and I would pipe in a wye to overflow so the boiler wouldn't shut down but the amount of condensate these boilers can produce scares me a bit.
Thanks
Tom
I wouldn't do it piped gravity drain direct from the boiler though. That's just asking for trouble. The way this works is you get a whole slug of warm condensate whenever the pump runs. It can quickly and completely drain from the 45° pvc pipe to well inside the heated envelope. I try to make sure that it drains back far enough so cold air ingress through the pipe won't cause freezing. Also pipe everything with tight fittings to preserve weather-tight integrity.0 -
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