Welcome! Here are the website rules, as well as some tips for using this forum.
Need to contact us? Visit https://heatinghelp.com/contact-us/.
Click here to Find a Contractor in your area.
Whats the best pump to use to remove all the water from the boiler

acl10
Member Posts: 349
Whats the best pump to use to remove all the water from the boiler since I dont have any valves below the low water cuttoff. I also want to pump out any crud on the bottom.
0
Comments
-
Any simple cheap water pump would do, or one you hook to a cordless drill. You must have a boiler drain or tapping, or a way to tap into the return piping (if you have a hartford loop).
If not, where/how do you intend to hook up a pump.steve0 -
For small quantities why not a cheap inefficient eductor?0
-
How are you going to get a water eductor to the bottom of a boiler HX? There is got to be a drain plug somewhere in the bottom of the HX whether there is a valve there or not. Be careful about removing a plug. They get welded in over time.
The return pipe is usually at the bottom of the HX. I would put a drain valve there as that eliminates dealing with the HX and creating damage to it.0
Categories
- All Categories
- 84.4K THE MAIN WALL
- 3K A-C, Heat Pumps & Refrigeration
- 53 Biomass
- 417 Carbon Monoxide Awareness
- 44 Chimneys & Flues
- 1.8K Domestic Hot Water
- 4.8K Gas Heating
- 120 Geothermal
- 156 Indoor-Air Quality
- 3.1K Oil Heating
- 57 Pipe Deterioration
- 801 Plumbing
- 5.5K Radiant Heating
- 372 Solar
- 14.1K Strictly Steam
- 3.1K Thermostats and Controls
- 54 Water Quality
- 39 Industry Classes
- 81 Job Opportunities
- 22 Recall Announcements