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Ghosting

Hermes
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I think I have read all the forums on ghosting, but I still haven't hit on my problem exactly. I have a mix use boiler,1 zone DHW, 1 zone HW baseboard, 4 zones Radiant floor, each zone has a Taco 007 circulator and BG check valves.It's controled by a SR504 daisey chained to a SR503 taco control and has another 007 circulator on the return of the boiler. I get ghosting on the top radiant zone & sometimes the next one down. I have replaced the check valves on both zones, but did not help.My thought is the return circulator is drawing enough pressure drop to open the check valves. I might add that three radiant zones share the same return(2 ghosts one does not). I came to the conclusion I have two options replace the taco controls with IFC's, having two check valves or put a Hydrotrol HT-34 on the return line.I have been battling this problem for several years and I would much appreciate your input.
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can't really see...
w/ the 409 bottle in the way... is there a primary loop? you prob. have a piping issue where the individual zones are not hydraulically separated enough. Flow checks on the supply and return will help w/ that.... can we get more pix?0 -
Pumps
What is the lowest pump? Can you tag the picture with labels?0 -
Lotsa circs
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would love your input
I put up more pictures & labeled them the best I could. Any input would be much appreciated Thanks
http://www.heatinghelp.com/forum-thread/142652/Ghost-Flow0
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