Heating Help

riello burner

@ March 20, 2013 8:05 PM in Converting Crown Boiler

Would you happen to have a model on the riello. Would it be the gulliver series ,having trouble with the riello site trying to find wholesalers.

Converting Crown Boiler

@ March 19, 2013 10:29 PM in Converting Crown Boiler

I'm going to convert a Crown CT3 boiler in a building I own. Two wholesalers have quoted me a Wayne P265FBB with conversion kit. Since not alot of oil is used in my area I have no experience in conversions.I'd like opinions on this burner and others.

moisture

@ March 13, 2013 7:59 PM in unusual use for a cast iron radiator

this section of the basement is under the garage, concrete slab on top and 2 walls concrete. the tank is 8x8x6, 3 feet inthe floor ,3 feet above. There will be an insulated cover of some sort, only the hx tubes will have to penetrate the cover. The boiler and the tank set side by side,only about 15' of piping total. Two wall will be wood frame with moisture resitant drywall and and moisture barrier paint

More explanation

@ March 12, 2013 11:01 PM in unusual use for a cast iron radiator

The tank is just a heat battery the CI rads heat the water and there will be some type of HX near the top feeding a fairly standard system.At a 70 degree differencial I can storeabout 1300K BTUs. Hopefully I can get my load down to 30-40 K. the whole idea is to fire the wood boiler hot and hard to get good combustion.

More explanation

@ March 12, 2013 11:01 PM in unusual use for a cast iron radiator

The tank is just a heat battery the CI rads heat the water and there will be some type of HX near the top feeding a fairly standard system.At a 70 degree differencial I can storeabout 1300K BTUs. Hopefully I can get my load down to 30-40 K. the whole idea is to fire the wood boiler hot and hard to get good combustion.

More explanation

@ March 12, 2013 11:01 PM in unusual use for a cast iron radiator

The tank is just a heat battery the CI rads heat the water and there will be some type of HX near the top feeding a fairly standard system.At a 70 degree differencial I can storeabout 1300K BTUs. Hopefully I can get my load down to 30-40 K. the whole idea is to fire the wood boiler hot and hard to get good combustion.

heat sink

@ March 12, 2013 10:41 PM in unusual use for a cast iron radiator

The tank will be the main source for my radiant heat in a timberframe home I'm building for myself

heat sink

@ March 12, 2013 10:41 PM in unusual use for a cast iron radiator

The tank will be the main source for my radiant heat in a timberframe home I'm building for myself. If iwere to use a flat plate I would have to buy 1, rads are free. Tank is under no pressure so pumping out of it could be a challenge.

unusual use for a cast iron radiator

@ March 12, 2013 7:58 PM in unusual use for a cast iron radiator

I'm planning on using some CI RADS for water to water heat Xs The rads would be installed in the bottom of a 2000 gal. insulated concrete tank. My question is does anybody know of a formula to figure the output of the radiators if I know the EDR for the radiators.The boiler is an old AM. RADIATOR redflash cast Ithink in 1934. Im firing it on wood and guessing output at 250-300K

cooling problem

@ June 11, 2012 7:42 PM in A/C cooling problem

Everything is new ,fixed orifice system. Recovered refrigerant and checked orifice,clean. Shut service valves and pulled valve cores on condenser and blew nitrogen in liquid side, no obstructions in air handler or line set. Took temps today when checking 154 coming out of compressor, 82 coming out of condenser coils on both sides of filter dryer, @175 psi . Today when I ran the unit my low side was 45 and high side 175. On sunday I changed out the complete condenser unit because I had 2 this on started at 25 low side and 175 high side. Talked to 2 wholesalers they're baffled.

A/C cooling problem

@ June 9, 2012 7:53 PM in A/C cooling problem

I own a duplex rental unit and am putting stand alone A/C in attic. I bought the equipment 4 years ago when companys were getting out of their R22 stuff. equipment is Goodman 1.5 T cap. I do install professionally but this is someting I've never seen. When I started up the condensing unit my low side went to 5psi, high side 150. I added some extra 22 the lines were 15' longer than factory charge,but it didn't change a thing. So I shut the unit down and it would not equalize. Anybody have an idea what the problem might be.

A/C cooling problem

@ June 9, 2012 7:53 PM in A/C cooling problem

I own a duplex rental unit and am putting stand alone A/C in attic. I bought the equipment 4 years ago when companys were getting out of their R22 stuff. equipment is Goodman 1.5 T cap. I do install professionally but this is someting I've never seen. When I started up the condensing unit my low side went to 5psi, high side 150. I added some extra 22 the lines were 15' longer than factory charge,but it didn't change a thing. So I shut the unit down and it would not equalize. Anybody have an idea what the problem might be.

Tubing without mesh

@ December 9, 2011 5:28 PM in wire mesh codes

If you have foam board down, hopefully styrofoam get yourself one of those tubing staplers for foamboard. They work slick and the tubing goes down fast and secure, and you can do it from and upright position a matter of some concern to some of us

looking for a fitting

@ December 8, 2011 8:55 PM in looking for a fitting

I'm building a large heatexchanger for a wood fired boiler and am looking for some shoulder takeoffs. They used to be available at the old heatway company but are not in the Watts Radiant current catalog. I need 1/2" that will fit on 2" copper.

freezing condesant drain

@ February 14, 2011 7:29 PM in Frozen Pipe

The T idea is a good idea , also give the pipr a little fall it must be going to a floor  drain or sump pit seeing it is in a basement. then slip a piece of foam insulation around it to keep it from losing its heat till its empty. Then try to figure out why your basement is so cold. All that cold air in your basement is just causing a chimney effect, driving your heat and your bills thru the roof.

overheat

@ February 7, 2011 8:10 PM in Q:Inadequate Flow to prevent heat exchanger from tripping limit switch. How fix?

Some mfgs. will let you lower the gas press at manifold but would have check with tech help. I doubt if this would do it anyway. Even at almost 3000 feet thats a lot of furnace for a fairly new house it seems to me.

high end furnaces

@ February 7, 2011 7:53 PM in High Efficiency Furnaces - issues?

The 2 stage variable furnace is a nice furnace, I like the newer modulating furnace but not all mfgs. have them. I think all major brands are quality units and the quality of the installation and dealer is what sets them all apart.

Heil from hell

@ January 12, 2011 8:48 PM in Heil Furnace from hell

Something is definitely screwy, when you remove 1 wire off the high limit the burner should drop out immediately and the blower kick in. The high limit and the rollouts are usually one big series circuit

Venting furnace

@ January 12, 2011 8:38 PM in Hooking up a propane furnace

Around pipe squeezed will make your oval, depending on size I would use 24 or 26 ga. Then go to b- vent, the b-vent needs 1" clearance where it goes thru anything combustible. Soft copper and flare fittings for the gas line.

Heil From Hell

@ January 12, 2011 8:22 PM in Heil Furnace from hell

Check the wire thats hooked to the heat terminal on the blower board. It might be possible you have a speed out on the fan. When this furnace goes into high limit it is supposed to turn the fan on but on high thru the a/c relay on the board. You need to somehow power up the the heating speed manually to see if its good. I've seen this happen only once. 

a file on a flame sensor YIKES

@ December 9, 2009 6:32 PM in Burnham: Flame Sensor problem or something else?

He should never have used a file on a flame sensor, steel wool is the weapon of choice. It sounds like you have a spark ignition and the sensor is permanatly mounted in the pilot assembly. Clean it again and the pilot assembly allaround it and see how that works.

dewalt dry cut

@ March 24, 2009 7:33 PM in Single Best Tool Purchase

If your using the dewalt dry cut don't try it on cast iron. I'm not sure why but it won't touch it, doesn't make it toothless and useless but blunt and ????. If your cutting cast iron and can't get a snapper on it get a 4" angle grinder with cut off wheels works great.