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.
Setting Aquastat at 240 to hit 190?
Steve Garson_2
Member Posts: 679
I just installed a new L4006A aquastat because my boiler temp never exceeded 180, which on cold 0* days, means my house peaks at 68*. So I figured the 30-year old aquastat needed replacement. Wrong!
Tonight I got the new aquastat, filled the well with conductive grease and installed the new one. Setting it at 240* with 10* differential, the boiler maxes at 190*.
How accurate are the aquastat temp settings? The thermometer/pressure gauge is also new. Th boiler is a WM GV-5. It just feels wrong setting the temp so high.
Tonight I got the new aquastat, filled the well with conductive grease and installed the new one. Setting it at 240* with 10* differential, the boiler maxes at 190*.
How accurate are the aquastat temp settings? The thermometer/pressure gauge is also new. Th boiler is a WM GV-5. It just feels wrong setting the temp so high.
Steve from Denver, CO
0
Categories
- 121.3K All Categories
- 84K THE MAIN WALL
- 2.9K A-C, Heat Pumps & Refrigeration
- 53 Biomass
- 417 Carbon Monoxide Awareness
- 40 Chimneys & Flues
- 1.7K Domestic Hot Water
- 4.8K Gas Heating
- 119 Geothermal
- 155 Indoor-Air Quality
- 3K Oil Heating
- 56 Pipe Deterioration
- 772 Plumbing
- 5.4K Radiant Heating
- 362 Solar
- 14K Strictly Steam
- 3K Thermostats and Controls
- 51 Water Quality
- 38 Industry Classes
- 73 Job Opportunities
- 19 Recall Announcements