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Calculating volume in Gallons

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Karis hvac
Karis hvac Member Posts: 9
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Is there a forula for calculating gallons of water in relation of E.D.R. in a radiator? I am attempting to size an Amtrol tank on their website and they require gallons of water in a system. I have all answers except the amount of gallons and heave already sized the tank according to the info by Dan. I was just curious if there was a fomula.

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  • Mike T., Swampeast MO
    Mike T., Swampeast MO Member Posts: 6,928
    Old Rule of Thumb

    IN PINTS! AND PER SQUARE FOOT OF EDR!

    Column rad: 1.5 pints/sqft EDR

    Flue rad: 1.75 pints/sqft EDR

    Thin-fin tube: 0.807 pints/sqft EDR

  • Karis hvac
    Karis hvac Member Posts: 9
    Thank you this is helpful and will be added to notes in Dan's

    book!
  • Mike T., Swampeast MO
    Mike T., Swampeast MO Member Posts: 6,928


    Came from a book (Mechanical Equipment of Buildings, volume 1) that I bought from Dan during his most charitable book auction!

    Believe Dan said in description, "Most of what I know comes from this book."

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