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Location of boiler riser versus controls

The Steam Whisperer
The Steam Whisperer Member Posts: 1,247
in Strictly Steam
The Weil Mclain instructions for the EGH and LGB have me really confused. They require the steam supply riser to be located on the same side as the controls. This would place the low water cut off at the highest water level area of the boiler ( just below the supply tapping). This would leave the other end of the boiler much more likely to experience low water without the control shutting it off.

Am I missing something here or are they just putting priority on the boiler not overfilling?

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  • STEAM DOCTOR
    STEAM DOCTOR Member Posts: 2,157
    edited September 2016
    You are spot on. Doesn't make sense. Better to flood the boiler then expose boiler to dry firing. Non of this is relevant if boiler is even close to properly piped
  • New England SteamWorks
    New England SteamWorks Member Posts: 1,525
    Doesn't make sense to me either, but if I had to guess, it stems from a lawsuit somewhere.

    At any rate, I always pipe both risers and use the return side that best suits my design without consequence.
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  • Abracadabra
    Abracadabra Member Posts: 1,948
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    RI_SteamWorks said:

    Doesn't make sense to me either, but if I had to guess, it stems from a lawsuit somewhere.

    At any rate, I always pipe both risers and use the return side that best suits my design without consequence.

    And controls end up where? On the return side?

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