The Hidden Costs of Hidden Pumps
If you're watching the news you probably realize that, these days, Americans are becoming more conscious of green things, as well as rising fuel prices. I think that's go...
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This section is your guide to hot-water heating systems with information about system design and piping, air elimination, pumping away, primary-secondary pumping, valves, radiators, troubleshooting tips, and more.
Recent Articles in Hot-Water Heating → Troubleshooting
Mixing Passive and Active Heaters Can Lead to Problems
Sometimes, you just have to think like air. The house had been sitting on this old Connecticut street for more than 100 years. Children, grown and long gone, had once ski...
Solving a Steam-to-Water Heat-Exchanger Problem
I once visited an engineer who worked for the City of New York. He worked at a pitted drafting table in a green room that occupied about an acre of New York City real est...
Troubleshooter Rules
RULE #1: Step Back, Take It All In And Think In Basic Terms. Too many people look at components instead of systems. Manufacturers are often guilty of this. Many of them c...