Welcome! Here are the website rules, as well as some tips for using this forum.
Need to contact us? Visit https://heatinghelp.com/contact-us/.
Click here to Find a Contractor in your area.
If our community has helped you, please consider making a contribution to support this website. Thanks!

Burnham V7 steam boiler maintenance done

Options
WilliamGwiazdowski
WilliamGwiazdowski Member Posts: 137
in Oil Heating

Figured I would share some photos of today's project at the house. New fire chamber for my boiler along with a new pigtail, cleaning the heat exchanger, and a combustion test. I had previously done the tank filter pump strainer and nozzle. I think as far as combustion numbers go that's about as good as it's going to get being that the boiler is close to 30 years old.

KIMG9374.JPG KIMG9375.JPG KIMG9376.JPG KIMG9377.JPG KIMG9378.JPG KIMG9379.JPG KIMG9380.JPG KIMG9381.JPG Messenger_creation_409393F3-DE2A-4DD0-8087-FFBE543B84FC.png

Comments

  • HydronicMike
    HydronicMike Member Posts: 313

    Was it really 80° in the basement?

  • WilliamGwiazdowski
    WilliamGwiazdowski Member Posts: 137
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1888017#Comment_1888017

    no, I'm not sure where his combustion analyzer takes the ambient temp reading from, it must be fairly close to where the tip of the probe is

  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 18,355

    @WilliamGwiazdowski , what model low-water cutoff is that? I'm not sure it's approved for steam………….

    All Steamed Up, Inc.
    Towson, MD, USA
    Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
    Oil & Gas Burner Service
    Consulting
  • WilliamGwiazdowski
    WilliamGwiazdowski Member Posts: 137
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1888035#Comment_1888035

    it's a RB122E, it's been installed for many many years now, I do want to change it to a SafGard 450 down the road a little bit.

  • 4GenPlumber
    4GenPlumber Member Posts: 87

    Definitely not approved for steam. It says HOT WATER BOILERS right on it.

  • WilliamGwiazdowski
    WilliamGwiazdowski Member Posts: 137

    I am definitely aware of that, that'll be the next thing to do. However I don't think it's something that I need to do immediately. My plumber friend will be coming back probably a couple of times this summer to help me with installing a heat pump water heater as well as replacing the crossover traps with Barnes and Jones Big Mouth crossovers so when he is over here I'll have him give me a hand swapping it out.

  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 20,008

    Combustion #s are good. Don't know what size nozzle you running but a size smaller or dropping the oil pressure would bring your stack temp down a little. Stack temp is not bad if it was really 80 degrees in the basement.

  • WilliamGwiazdowski
    WilliamGwiazdowski Member Posts: 137

    Ed,

    Running a .85 80°B nozzle at 140 psi as specified by Burnham for 1.05 gph. The basement temp normally hovers around 60 to 65 f.

  • WilliamGwiazdowski
    WilliamGwiazdowski Member Posts: 137

    Final confirmation that Adam and I did a good job, Bobby is a very warm happy cat.

    KIMG9384.JPG

Categories