Air Seperater location

Wayco Wayne

for a Munchkin that someone else installed and didn't do it correctly. I am tearing out the piping and starting over. A problem I have is not enough room horizontally for an air seperator on the Supply of my primary loop. I have room on my parallel supply loop to the indirect or the primary return run. I could put an automatic air bleed at the top of the piping to empty the loop of air and then use the air serator in one of the alternate locations to get the micro bubbles. Should I even bother? Job has radiant floors and baseboard and an indirect. WW

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Empire_2

Thought

Cant you offset the pipe going to the primary loop? Sort of like up from the boiler, over then back up to meet the loop? Then in your horizontal offset, locate your pump then seperator.

hr

Spirovent

makes vertical versions also. But your plan with a simple air vent in the Munchkin loop would probably be enough.

hot rod

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clammy

picture worth 1000 words

I have used the vertical spriovent and i really liked it and it did save alot of room .I guess i would try to to squeze it into the primary llop it hard to image it without a picture here's a pic of a munchkin that i squezed the sprio in the primary peace clammy

harvey

hydrolic separater

Siggy had an article in P&M that shows a hydrolic separater(his wording not mine) I used that same concept off a Pinnacle. Connected the supply and return together to a 2" riser.(hard to explain) Took off two zones with pumps and put a vent on top of the 2" Worked great! I also manifolded two CI boilers with four zones like this. Check out Jan. 2005 edition.