Spill Switch Question
OOn A Weil-McClain CGa3 the manual shows and says the Spill Switch is to be oriented toward the front of the boiler.
Is there a specific reason? Why can it not by in a different orientation?
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Easier to see, I suppose.
8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour
Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab
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As long as the factory wiring reaches with slack, it can go in any degree. If the front of the boiler is at 6 o'clock, mounting the Spill Switch at 12 o'clock is safe, but the wiring won't reach. And even if it did, you don't want it going around the hot flue pipe.
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There is enough wire for it to be located at 3 or 9 o'clock. But Weil-McClain was adamant in an email that it need to be at 6.
I would like it at 6or9 so it is out of the way of a manifold.
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IDK why that is. Its not like a backdraft knows to go to the front of the boiler. Did WM say why they were adamant?
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No,he just made reference to the manual and said it must be oriented as shown.
Thanks for all your replies!
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