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Taco LWCO

Mark Hunt
Mark Hunt Member Posts: 4,908
in THE MAIN WALL
had any problems with Tacos LWCO?

We had one act up after months of operation. It shut the boiler down even though the system was full.

There is a "water purity" dial on them so you can adjust the sensitivity.

Well after a few months running the unit decided that the water was too pure. We made the recommended adjustment and all was well for twenty-four hours. This morning the boiler was off on "low water" again.

Now this is just city water, no special treatment, no R.O, just muni-water.

I can't have customers waking to no heat this time of year because a LWCO can't sense water.

Anyone else had this type of situation?

Mark H

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  • Tom M.
    Tom M. Member Posts: 237
    We were talking about this yesterday on a job.

    The instructions say that if you turn the dial all the way to the "+" that the water is too pure and needs to be treated. Treated with what? Would simply adding a can of Silver King #5 (I assume this is a FHW job) make the water impure enough to provide better conductivity?

    Tom M.
  • Mark Hunt
    Mark Hunt Member Posts: 4,908
    Beats me


    I suppose I could add calcium and make it REALLY hard.

    The rep from Emerson-Swan told me that he had another situation like mine.

    I think I'll be replacing the Taco with a Hydro-level.

    As I said, it's too damn cold for false alarms.

    Mark H

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