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STEAM BOILER OVERFLOW TRAP

Weil
Weil Member Posts: 23
in Strictly Steam
In piping multiple steam boilers, the manufacturer requires a trap to be installed 4 inches above the water line and piped to the boiler feed tank to prevent the flooding of the dormant boiler. I have seen both F&T's and bucket traps specified. Which is proper?

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  • JUGHNE
    JUGHNE Member Posts: 11,248
    Could the buckets lose their prime and pass steam?
  • Pumpguy
    Pumpguy Member Posts: 690
    The few that I have seen have been F&T traps.
    Dennis Pataki. Former Service Manager and Heating Pump Product Manager for Nash Engineering Company. Phone: 1-888 853 9963
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  • wpi
    wpi Member Posts: 1
    Two boilers, both have F/T traps. One or both have failed, steam blowing out tank vent pipe.



  • neilc
    neilc Member Posts: 2,785
    edited November 2022
    can you feel the outlets for steam hot ?

    looks like the one on the left drops down to the wet return, not that that couldn't be it, but,
    the one on the right pipes to the air vent already,
    I would rebuild them both,

    consider getting the Ptrol piping up out of the water,
    dirty water ?
    known to beat dead horses
    Long Beach Ed
  • Long Beach Ed
    Long Beach Ed Member Posts: 1,281
    edited November 2022
    High Level Spill traps are usually ¾” F&T traps. As Neilc says, rebuild them both.

    Here's an interesting old thread on the subject of multiple boiler connections if you have the time:
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/186553/multiple-steam-boiler-piping-designs
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,248
    Us F &Ts not buckets
    Long Beach Ed

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