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.
Pump install, Grundfos alpha 2 26-99F question
Sukhoi29SU
Member Posts: 83
Had a radiant heat system designed. I installed all pex but had the copper, pumps etc installed by a local company. One of the pumps installed is incorrect. Design calls for Grundfos Alpha 2 26-99F, and the pump installed was a Grundfos UPS26-99FC. I have the Alpha 2 on hand now. Question - can these pumps be installed horizontally? I thought I read somewhere that the pumps need to be installed upright, but don’t understand why that would be. Figured I’d ask here - I don’t have the manual with me at the moment and can’t find anything online.
Thanks in advance
0
Comments
-
-
From the installation manualBob "hot rod" Rohr
trainer for Caleffi NA
Living the hydronic dream1 -
Thank you both0
-
The guy in this video is convinced the problem he’s having with the pump is that it’s horizontally mounted, and says it should be vertically mounted. I had read somewhere that the bearings go bad under certain install situations but can’t find it.
0 -
He is trying his best to give himself bad advise.
Seems like a lot of circulator for a residential system, the 26-99 is a high head circulator. Luckily he has a hydroSep upstream
The noise in more apt to be some debris in the body or impeller.
Without adequate air removal, a vertical mount can actually trap air at the check and fail to circulate.
The directions seem to be clear on acceptable mounting positions.Bob "hot rod" Rohr
trainer for Caleffi NA
Living the hydronic dream0 -
What makes you think an Alpha is necessary? Or a 26-99, for that matter? What does the heat load consist of?0
-
It’s just what the design called for - I assumed it was needed.
0 -
-
-
@GroundUp , designer spec’d 282.2 BTU/(hr ft2). Project consists of roughly 7500sq ft total, mostly 1/2” pex in concrete , but about 1900 sf of that in sunboard. Switzer 1750 gal water storage wood gasification boiler will be primary heat source with thermostat that kicks over to FS151 Bosch propane boiler when demand isn’t met with wood burn. The Alpha 2 26-99F is for the two levels of house, and the Alpha 2 15-55F/LC is for the garage with mirrored sf workshop beneath garage.0
Categories
- All Categories
- 86.2K THE MAIN WALL
- 3.1K A-C, Heat Pumps & Refrigeration
- 52 Biomass
- 422 Carbon Monoxide Awareness
- 90 Chimneys & Flues
- 2K Domestic Hot Water
- 5.4K Gas Heating
- 99 Geothermal
- 156 Indoor-Air Quality
- 3.4K Oil Heating
- 63 Pipe Deterioration
- 913 Plumbing
- 6K Radiant Heating
- 380 Solar
- 14.8K Strictly Steam
- 3.3K Thermostats and Controls
- 53 Water Quality
- 41 Industry Classes
- 47 Job Opportunities
- 17 Recall Announcements