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Why is the expansion tank flooded? This Friday's video

RayWohlfarth
RayWohlfarth Member Posts: 1,649
in THE MAIN WALL

On this weeks video, it talks about what the expansion tanks keeps flooding Seeya Friday

Ray Wohlfarth
Boiler Lessons

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  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 10,845
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    hmm, that turned out huge.

    also piping at the boiler not arranged to encourage the air to go to the tank.

  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 9,312
    edited October 16

    Boyle's Law. dissolved gasses and 💩 like that

    I love the new emoji variety. you can say 💩 without spelling it out and getting censored like this ****

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

    Intplm.GGross
  • JUGHNE
    JUGHNE Member Posts: 11,268

    If it has a sight glass, the top valve packing may not be air tight. Dried up from no water contact.

    Will leak air but not water.

    Took me several years to figure that out and not lost the air cushion for maybe 7 years now.

    ttekushan_3
  • HeatingHelp.com
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    @EdTheHeaterMan 👀 😂

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  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 9,312
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1814730#Comment_1814730

    I'm being watched… 👀

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

    HeatingHelp.commattmia2PC7060GGross
  • RayWohlfarth
    RayWohlfarth Member Posts: 1,649
    edited October 18

    Wow can't put anything past you guys. Hope you enjoy the video. I hate when this happens on a job as it takes so long to discover what you did worked.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9BR_atUMWA

    Ray Wohlfarth
    Boiler Lessons
  • leonz
    leonz Member Posts: 1,337

    What is even more fun is finding your compression tank and heating system with 13HG on the vacuum guage and figuring out why that happened.

    delcrossv
  • RayWohlfarth
    RayWohlfarth Member Posts: 1,649

    @leonz I would love to know what you found

    Ray Wohlfarth
    Boiler Lessons
  • leonz
    leonz Member Posts: 1,337

    Hello Ray,

    After starting the circulator and the system sounding like it was pulling water and screaming through a clay straw while clawing the inside of the straw with fingernails, what I found was loose packing nuts on the gauge glass of the steel compression tank, 1/4 turn on each packing gland nut and to date in 7 years I have had no issues.

    I emptied the coal hopper on Wednesday as the young fellow that comes to clean and tune the coal stoker was coming as I cannot do it anymore due to the pacemaker in my chest as I have to avoid reaching and over exertion as it could loosen the pacemaker leads.

    I started the coal stoker and circulator to empty the remainder of coal in the throat of the hopper and there was no noise AKA screeching or bubbles migrating through the boiler for the 2 hours I ran the stoker to empty it more.

  • RayWohlfarth
    RayWohlfarth Member Posts: 1,649

    @leonz

    Wow I never worked on a coal burner. Thanks for letting me know

    Ray Wohlfarth
    Boiler Lessons

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