Heating Help

@ January 8, 2008 9:14 AM in bigger nozzle, still no pressure

The kind of pressure that will be enough to show up on the gauge wouldn't show up until the vents on the mains and the vents on the radiators close. At that point you may get up to a pressure that will be readable on the gauge. If your radiators are heating all the way across, the vents on them should be closing. Are they?

viessmann headache

@ January 7, 2008 3:06 PM in Viessmann boiler - tech spec?

Hey Rory, I also shut the power off to my Viessmann and have no idea how to reset the digital control panel. Its been running for 2 months now on whatever default settings it goes to whenever this happens. I have been burning some serious heating oil. I just realized the reason why this evening(the blinking digital readout). The control unit I am working with is a Trimatik-P and I have all the manuals, unfortunately there are in deutsch. Where are you in Germany? I'm near Ansbach(close to Nurnberg) Dustin

@ January 7, 2008 11:04 AM in Installing pressurtrol and vaporstat together . . .worth it?

It looks like your 0-30 psi gauge is reading about 3.5 psi and your 0-5 psi gaurge is reading 0.0 psi. Is this just because of the angle? Someone here also posted a source for a 0-3 psi gauge, but it only has a max. temp. of 140 F. I don't know if this is a problem or not, when you use a pigtail and extension piping too.

@ January 7, 2008 10:33 AM in Installing pressurtrol and vaporstat together . . .worth it?

I guess I was on the right track before (but he says to put it at the end of the main). Has anyone out there done this before and can comment? What kind of fuel savings can you get, if any? Is it better to put the vaporstat at the end of the main? Less short cycling, better end process control? from: http://steamheating.googlepages.com/evaluatingasteamsystem "If you want real economy, buy a vaporstat that operates from 0-1 PSI, and is graduated in ounces. Install it at the boiler, or even better, at the end of the steam supply main. Wire it to break one leg of the thermostat wire through it, and leave the pressuretrol as is, as a high limit. Set the vaporstat as low as you can and still heat every radiator."

air

@ January 5, 2008 4:14 PM in One radiator no heat

blowing air out of radiator. if i take the radiator of the hand valve, i can feel some air sucking back in. not sure if venting is an issue because i took the whole radiator off with system running with the result being no steam pressure.

riser

@ January 4, 2008 9:45 PM in One radiator no heat

yes. there is plenty of pitch. Also from what I understand, I do not have a main vent anywhere. The only vents that I have are the return vents(vent-rite) and radiator adj. vents. Could this be a cause of the problem?

water

@ January 4, 2008 6:31 PM in One radiator no heat

Also, in the last 2 winters i've only added water once to the boiler. it is always at the 1/2 mark. Why would this be?

@ January 4, 2008 6:06 PM in One radiator no heat

It is not a new branch although it is a new boiler. I bought the home 2 yrs ago the boiler was new all passed inspection. This being the third winter, I cant remember it not working my first winter here. Diffently did not work last winter. The only way to get heat on that leg is with all of the other radiators' hand valve closed. I do not have a copy of the book. How do I go about buying the book? all I have seen are the bundles. I have learned more here in the last week than I have ever about steam. Any ideas or suggestions? I was just down there and the dry return is piping hot. Sound right to you?