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Feed water pump to steam boiler

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Besr
Besr Member Posts: 2
in Domestic Hot Water

so I have a single phase 120v 2HP feed water pump coming straight from tank to steam boiler.
pump runs good but I have to keep steam boiler pressures below 80 if not pump will dead head. Right now I lowered pressures to 60 and was working fine but now I’m dead heading again with 110 amp draw coming from pump. It spins but seems to have no flow. Wondering if boiler had to much pressure for this pump to even run. I’m at loss here

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 26,705

    Good grief. What is this application? That much pressure is a process or power boiler?

    And what pump? Horsepower is not the whole story on a pump — need to know the make and model to get the pump curve to check performance.

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • Besr
    Besr Member Posts: 2

    it is a burks 34CS6M pump for a steam boiler for a sterilizer at a hospital.. it’s about 3450 Rpms single phase amp draw should be at around 22amps now at the moment pump hums bot won’t rotate so I’m guessing start switch may be bad brand new pump

  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 26,705

    Start caps or starter iitself would be the best place to start.

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 19,283

    2hp 120 volt pump can't possibly draw 110 amps unless it is locked up. Did you mean 10 amps? that would be very low for a 2 hp pump which would indicate it is not pumping.

    From what I have found that pump is 1/3HP. You have to get the amp draw, pump model #s and horsepower correct so we can help.

  • Pumpguy
    Pumpguy Member Posts: 775
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1872087#Comment_1872087

    Being a single phase motor, you could also have a problem with the centrifugal starting switch inside the motor.

    Dennis Pataki. Former Service Manager and Heating Pump Product Manager for Nash Engineering Company. Phone: 1-888 853 9963
    Website: www.nashjenningspumps.com

    The first step in solving any problem is TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM.

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