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Bob
Vaporstat with a 12oz cut-out and 4oz cut-in
3PSI gauge
Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England.
Hoffman Equipped System (all original except boiler), Weil-Mclain 580, 2.75 gph Carlin, Vapourstat 0.5 -- 6.0 ounces per square inch
"Reducing our country's energy consumption, one system at a time"
Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
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Baltimore, MD (USA) and consulting anywhere.
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There was a long list of other issues but this was the most obvious.
EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Boiler Control
Boiler pictures updated 2/21/15
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As far as loose wirenuts, one of the features of copper is that a loose connection may micro weld the copper together to make a good connection until disturbed.
If that meter socket were disturbed there would have been a major welding event......a really good connection would have been made.........usually until the overhead aluminum triplex burns and drops. By then the side of the house is on fire from the steel EMT burning thru and being red hot.
Some primary transformer fuses have 120 second heat up time before they open, they are not quick to react, this avoids nuisance power outages.
Some time back I threw out a term called "The Wailing Wall".
How about a category entitled:
"The Wailing Wall for homeowners Flung into Heating Hell because they accepted the Low Bid".
Seriously, if there was a way for unsuspecting home owners to just review some results of Low Bid Bargains or unknowing contractor installations. It is all here on the wall, but would require days of reading, which most people don't have the time.
Maybe something like "Need a new Boiler? Read these excerpts first....Pictures of: Do not do This."......copper steam piping....bad headers.....not enough risers.....reduced risers....bad venting.....etc. etc.
Just a thought.
EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Boiler Control
Boiler pictures updated 2/21/15
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EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Boiler Control
Boiler pictures updated 2/21/15
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10202744301871904.1073741828.1330391881&type=1&l=c34ad6ee78
Actually, it took a few months and what triggered it was I measured 105V at a window air conditioner and panicked and started pulling stuff apart to find where my voltage drop was, and just checked everything I could easily get to.
Turned out, I had like 108V at my panel so I emailed the electric company basically saying WTF?!? and included a picture of my Fluke 179 showing it. They never replied, but within a few months there was a new transformer on the pole right outside our house feeding me and our two neighbors. We were previously fed from a transformer down the road that had a whole string of houses on it.
Was kind of annoyed they never replied to me though. I guess the problem being rectified was the important part.
Called the utility company. The owner called back at the end of the day and said the utility company came out and said nothing was wrong.
I went back and checked the incoming voltage...what do you know, 112 volts...hmmmmm
Mechanical Enthusiast
Burnham MST 396 , 60 oz gauge , Tigerloop , Firomatic Check Valve , Mcdonnell Miller 67 lwco , Danfoss RA2k TRV's
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I'd say 128-130 is the absolute maximum and 110 is the lowest I like to see.
The monitor top was engineered to run on a 100-130V range according to GE documents. I'd bet most things are similar even today.