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Normal or short cycling?
Massimokid
Member Posts: 5
Will try to explain as best as I can...
New gas baseboard boiler. We do not program the thermostat so temps are constant.
3 Zones. Setting Basement (60) 1st fl (70) 2nd Fl (68)
For some reason there would be a 10 minute period 2-3 times a day (not sure about overnnight) where it would cycle (turn on/off) 3-4 times in those 10 minutes. Time of day is not constant.
Installer is coming for a follow up visit (not for that) so I want to inform him if that is a problem...
New gas baseboard boiler. We do not program the thermostat so temps are constant.
3 Zones. Setting Basement (60) 1st fl (70) 2nd Fl (68)
For some reason there would be a 10 minute period 2-3 times a day (not sure about overnnight) where it would cycle (turn on/off) 3-4 times in those 10 minutes. Time of day is not constant.
Installer is coming for a follow up visit (not for that) so I want to inform him if that is a problem...
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The commonly accepted run time would be 10 minutes minimum when it fires. Do you have a modulating boiler, mod con.Bob "hot rod" Rohr
trainer for Caleffi NA
Living the hydronic dream0 -
Bob, no, it’s not a mod con.... I think
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The real question is -- what's turning it on and off? If it's controlled by an aquastat, it really shouldn't do that. However, if it's being controlled directly by the zone thermostats, I can see that happening.Br. Jamie, osb
Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England0 -
Br. Jamie
Sorry, total noobie. Not sure about the question. It has an aqua stat , thermostats and zone valves.
Boiler is linked below
https://www.ferguson.com/product/proselect-force-boilers-force-15-in-residential-96-mbh-natural-gas-boiler-force04enrhg1/_/R-7932309
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