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Skimming port

mcp1
mcp1 Member Posts: 86
in Strictly Steam
I’m try to skim my New Yorker Steam boiler, but I can not find the skimming port. I attached a few pictures of my boiler.

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  • mcp1
    mcp1 Member Posts: 86
    I came down to check the boiler & there was no water in the sight glass. The automatic fill did not seem to refill the boiler. So, I shut the boiler down to cool it, before I refill it.
  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Member Posts: 5,785
    edited December 2022
    page 56 in your manual it's called "Surface Blow Off" Item L in the diagram. Looks like the installer didn't open up the casing to allow it to be installed...of course. It appears to be exactly opposite where the pressurtrol is connected, same relative position on the opposite side.


    2014 Weil Mclain EG-40
    EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Boiler Control
    Boiler pictures updated 2/21/15
  • mcp1
    mcp1 Member Posts: 86
    Thanks KC, is that something that can be installed easily?
  • mcp1
    mcp1 Member Posts: 86
    Just to be clear, the skimming port is in the back off the boiler?
  • JUGHNE
    JUGHNE Member Posts: 11,242
    edited December 2022
    Skimming port must be above the water line.

    Look opposite side from the pressure control pigtail.

    There may be a "knock out" circle in the cabinet, tap it on the edges to get it loose.
    It will swivel and you can twist it out of the way.

    Your installer should have removed that plug and installed a nipple and cap.

    He still should do it.
    mcp1
  • KC_Jones
    KC_Jones Member Posts: 5,785
    Based on the diagram, that looks like it could be it. I must have missed that in your previous pictures.
    2014 Weil Mclain EG-40
    EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Boiler Control
    Boiler pictures updated 2/21/15
    mcp1

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