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Where to place expansion tank when using buffer and multiple circs ?

Dave Carpentier
Dave Carpentier Member Posts: 620
Circs in; Boiler, Air Handler, and In-floor.
Depending on whats going on..
All 3 circs could be running, or
Only the AH and Boiler circs, or
Only the In-Floor and Boiler circs, or
Just the In-Floor circ.



30+ yrs in telecom outside plant.
Currently in building maintenance.

Comments

  • kcopp
    kcopp Member Posts: 4,472
    Since there is a circ in the boiler the best place would be on the return going back to the boiler off the buffer tank.
  • Zman
    Zman Member Posts: 7,611
    edited May 2022
    I always like to be sure the circs with the highest pressure delta are addressed first. Radiant loops and water tube boilers are loops that meet that description.
    In your case, the buffer tank looks like the place. As long as everything is generously sized, it probably does not matter where on the tank.
    "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough"
    Albert Einstein
  • Dave Carpentier
    Dave Carpentier Member Posts: 620
    More like this ?

    30+ yrs in telecom outside plant.
    Currently in building maintenance.
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,466
    Yes