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Installing a second pressure gauge

skimmer
skimmer Member Posts: 169
in Strictly Steam

What would be the correct way to add a second pressure gauge?

I was thinking a tee, with a plug on the right of it.. on the left a 3 inch inch pipe with a 90 el and then my second gauge ( 0 - 3)

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  • delcrossv
    delcrossv Member Posts: 1,564

    Just replace the coupling below your existing gauge with a tee, put on a nipple and a 90 and mount your new gauge.

    What pressure are you running? Your existing gauge looks like 4psi.

    Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.
    ethicalpaul
  • 109A_5
    109A_5 Member Posts: 1,909

    Lots of ways that will work OK. You could build a classic water trap tree out of pipe to make it easier to clean out.

    For a gauge only I kind of prefer the way @ChrisJ did it with a 18" pipe straight out of the top of the boiler to trap air and then a Dwyer Magnehelic Gage, but my system never goes over 2" Water Column. Multiple psi is way excessive, oversized boiler ?

    National - U.S. Gas Boiler 45+ Years Old
    Steam 300 SQ. FT. - EDR 347
    One Pipe System
    ChrisJethicalpaul
  • skimmer
    skimmer Member Posts: 169

    oh duh, you are right, I dont need a plug!

    I caught it on the way down.. I thought I was running at about 1lb but it hit 7 before cutting out..

    Could be the gauge I know.. I have to check the pig tail..

    The last time I monitored the gauge within the last month it never went above 3.. I know its not that accurate

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