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never seen this done

wily
wily Member Posts: 5
serviced a steam boiler recently another contractor had installed . they used the mcdonald miller 47/2 feeder / lwco to control only the feed water pump. no feedwater controller. an electronic lwco was in place . any comments ?

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 23,971
    What is the feedwater pump drawing from? If it's from a condensate receiver, one would think of it as a pretty straightforward feed water pump setup.
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    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,167
    Problem is, the switch in a 47-2 isn't up to the job of running a pump.

    Why is the pump there in the first place? Most times they are not really needed.
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