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I am seeking basic heating knowledge for hydronic heat

ScottMP
ScottMP Member Posts: 5,883
a better place fro a novice to learn then right here. I get my eyes opened every day.

Dan,s books are the best. Easy to read, well written and you Get It. I agree, purchase three at a time and sit back and learn. When you don't understand something just come here and ask.

Scott

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  • M David Olivas
    M David Olivas Member Posts: 1
    Basic Education

    I have 26 yrs experience in the plumbing industry. Most of that experience was in central Texas. Plumbers don't do heating in Central Texas. So now I live in northern New Mexico, where heating is a huge part of my job. I don't know where to go to learn from the fundamentals to design and even trouble shooting a failed or poorly operating system. So can you help me to obtain some direction as to where to begin to learn heating? Such as books that I can buy to study the basics in a progressive manor and eventually learn to trouble shhot and even learn how to design a system thank you.

    David
  • Mitch_6
    Mitch_6 Member Posts: 549
    Schooling

    If you can find a I=B=R training course it will help you with radiation and boiler sizing.

    Dan has allot of books also, and mostly on wet heat.

    National Comfort Institute www.nationalcomfortinstitute.com goes on the road with HVAC and carbon monoxide training.

    Tim McElwain has great classes in Road Island but if you cant go he has lots great manuals he put together you can E mail him at gastc@cox.net.

    Good Luck

    Mitch S.

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  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,594
    Look around

    in SHOP on the pipe up there by the masthead. And stop by here whenever you can. Some very bright people visit here every day, and they like to share what they know.

    I'm glad you found us.
    Retired and loving it.
  • Brad White_65
    Brad White_65 Member Posts: 3
    And...

    The best single book investment I made (and I have over 28 years on the design side of things) is John Siegenthaler's "Modern Hydronic Heating (For Residential and Light Commercial Buildings) 2nd Edition". There are lots of "Basic" things such as heat loss calculations and fundamentals of fluid flow and heat transfer, plus lots of more sophisticated applications. 14 Chapters in one book. Such a deal.

    Browse Dan's books especially. "Pumping Away", "Primary Secondary Pumping Made Easy" and "How Come" are classics of their genre.

    Heck, get a "Supersize Dan" package, get all three of the above of Dan's books plus others, save a bunch of moola and have a lot of good reading to boot. (I have no financial stake in the matter, by the way.)

    As Dan said, check the "Shop" tab. Go forth with confidence.

    And stick around here, too! I am still learning, we all do.


  • Brad is right on. Time to go shopping!
  • ScottMP
    ScottMP Member Posts: 5,883
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  • Cosmo_3
    Cosmo_3 Member Posts: 845
    keep reading

    Every time I hear someone looking for an education in I just think to myself how lucky I was to grow up in the biz....

    Siggy's book is excellent, and I find myself referring back to it every now and then, I also would very much recommend Dan Holohan's books right here on this site. Just scroll up and hit the word "SHOP". Dan's books are very easy reading for those just getting into the world of hydronics, yet he covers very technical topics. He is very good at making things "make sense".

    Good luck, and as ME used to say... Happy Hydronicing!


    Cosmo Valavanis
  • I say it once a month...

    at the end of each article in Contractor Magazine :-)

    ME
  • Dale
    Dale Member Posts: 1,317
    educational materials

    There's a lot of great resources, alot of them here. A few others are Weil McClain books, one by Signenthaler ( Siggy )that you can buy from a WM wholesaler also a wiring book for zone valves. The WM wholesaler should also have a library of video tapes that alot of them will lend out. Burnhams materials are also very good.Next, I would go to the Wirsbo now Uponor school in Minn. a great experience and they give you alot of resources. Also, the RPA courses are well worth the time. For controls, do give Timmie McElwain at 401-437-0557 a call, he sometimes has extra copies of his training material he will sell for a very fair price. Good luck
  • Cosmo_3
    Cosmo_3 Member Posts: 845
    Hey ME

    I just looked around and found the 7 month stack of unread magazines...... They keep a comin before I make time to readem!!!!!

    So I guess it's about time to cut the grass early tomorrow, and hope I don't get a service call for a few hours.... maybe I can make a dent in the "didn't read yet" pile! I guess my brain forgot to make the distinction between your posts here, and your articles

    Thanks for the correction!


    Cosmo Valavanis
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