Questions

Options
Forge_Fixer88
Forge_Fixer88 Posts: 41
in Gas Heating

With a mod con boiler and cast iron radiators will lowering the output temperature result in less cycling? Or will the boiler go to max fire to reach setpoint? Not sure if I'm asking the question right , my boiler is oversized and I want figure out what's the best way to keep it from cycling. Have not had cold enough temperatures to really know how the system will work.

Comments

  • Forge_Fixer88
    Forge_Fixer88 Posts: 41
    edited 9:26PM

    My radiators math out to around 40 k btu. My boiler is 140k btu I can limit the boiler fire to 50 percent.

  • GroundUp
    GroundUp Posts: 2,570

    You can limit the firing rate to reduce the cycling, yes. The output temperature, maybe. Being it's still warm-ish out now, the temp can be lower than it will need on the coldest of days but there is a magic number that nobody knows without running calculations. Do you have the outdoor reset set up?

  • Forge_Fixer88
    Forge_Fixer88 Posts: 41

    I plan to set up outdoor reset.

Categories