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Eric_10
Eric_10 Member Posts: 17
in THE MAIN WALL
I repaired a leak on a steam system today it had a unimatch waterfeed with a honeywll low water cutoff I noticed when I shut the main switch off and then turned it back on the water feed filled the boilerIs this normal? If you turn the switch on and off a couple times if you were testing electrical it coud overfill and then you would need to drain just seems like an odd design

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  • Ken_8
    Ken_8 Member Posts: 1,640
    It is an odd design

    however, to NOT have that happen - would require a great deal more circuitry and god forbid someone design one that works differently than when the power is shut off to flood the boiler upon re-energizing the device.

    I don't get into the field all hat much any more but...

    I recall they all work that way. Turn the juice off and back on - flood the boiler.

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  • gerry gill
    gerry gill Member Posts: 3,083
    we use hydrolevel..

    it has never done that for us..or to us, i should say..we cycle the power switch regularly, and i think i would have noticed the digital counter feed..something doesn't sound right or i'm not understanding the senario..
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  • Robert O'Connor_7
    Robert O'Connor_7 Member Posts: 688
    Feeder......

    That would appear to be the Uni-match's achilles heel. When would such a thing happen though? I would think, not too often. Most feeders your not suppose to run hot water through them either. I've been using (in certain jobs) an off the shelf 1/4" ips selenoid valve from grainger. You can run practically anything through it resonably speaking of hot water that is, and it's under $20.....Robert O'Connor/NJ
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