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midway
midway Member Posts: 35
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Do you think I am wrong in asking the "yearly tune-up" serviceman to lower the steam pressure down from 5 lbs on 1 pipe system. Gauge is an "Internal Syphon, 0 to 30 psi", this gauge does not return to 0, operates between 5 (off)and 10 (5 psi ?), hope I explained it correctly. Have 4 radiators on 1st floor, 1 radiator vent spits and vent at end just before the loop spits. Are they spitting because of the higher pressure? Or are they just bad, have to add about an inch of water in tube daily during cold weather. Finally spring, so not useing boiler now. Appreciate any thoughts. This is a service contract with the oil company

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  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    You're not wrong

    and that can be a cause of spitting.
    Retired and loving it.
  • Barbarossa
    Barbarossa Member Posts: 89


    A good start would be to get a new gauge and clean pigtail then based on that new information you can ask the right questions.
  • Terry_14
    Terry_14 Member Posts: 209
    Blow down

    With all that water going in do you also blow down on a regular basis to flush out the control?

    Second do you have mineral build up on the vent that spits ?

    Lastly when the new gague and pigtail are installed i would skim to have a good boil and steam production

    Terry
  • paul_60
    paul_60 Member Posts: 1
    Perhaps

    you should find a new company to provide this service. Congratulations on educating yourself about your heating system, now find a professional that will take care of you.
  • Dave Yates (PAH)
    Dave Yates (PAH) Member Posts: 2,162
    If you're married - yes!

    Just kidding.

    Absolutely - turn it down, down, down. Ran into one the other day that's not only being grossly overfired, it's set for 6- to 9-PSI at the pressuretroll. Two issues have the customers' attention: a CO incident; and very high fuel bills. Instead of testing, their service-contract provider simply cemented every crack, crevis and seepage point they could find to keep the CO stuffed inside the boiler.

    Had they timed the gas meter, they'd have seen the overfiring issue (900K into a 400K combustion chamber!). Had they tested the combustion gases, they'd have seen the CO issue and been able to determine its cause.

    Instead, they lost a long-time customer. They were darn near dead wrong.

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