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    Boiler return temperature control

    Just put in a boiler bypass , can't get any more simple. Once set you never have to touch it again. You can't put it in backwards and when have you...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Apr 14, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Insulated underground pex options...

    Both Logstor and Uponor pipes have nearly identical heatloss data. Logstor I believe is easy to find on their site, but you have to request it for...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Apr 14, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Di-electric unions

    They are in the current code for any piping between ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including boilers which went into effect for 2010. Even tho I am...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 29, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Great News ***Effecta 60KW headed for Alaska***

    Would love to see some pictures and updated progress, not just the Effecta either. My neighbor just got back from AK, was in Fairbanks for the ice...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 29, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    domestic tempering valve

    I would recomend buying a good one, as many of the cheap ones "fluctuate" or fail to work with low flow rates. The good units will state minimum flow...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 29, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Good Lesson Learned Plumbing for Potable Water

    An expansion tank is required for domestic hot water if the system has no place to expand, i.e. there is a check valve or backflow preventer at the...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 29, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Good Lesson Learned Plumbing for Potable Water

    [ATTACH][ATTACH] unless you like repairs, copper brass or pex on any system. Sorry you found out the hard way. I know its cheaper, but I cringe...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 29, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Primary secondary piping for boilers

    That seems to be a pretty general and broad statement for all circs. I haven't read anything about this before. A Grundfos 15-42 3 speed is well...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 24, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Thumping sound has developed in vertical loop

    Please goto that link, - view list of idronics - select the wood boiler one, and read the section specifically pictured and explaining your scenario....
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 19, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Will Water Burn Under Extreme Temperature?

    Yes, when there is a low pressure vacuum present. A pump does not "pump" it circulates using pressure differentials. A link explaining the...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 13, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Thumping sound has developed in vertical loop

    If someone here that has the Caleffi January edition magazine , it covers just wood boilers and it specifically has this exact problem discussed in...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 13, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Boiler system install: Components checklist/do's and don'ts/advice & suggestions. Would appreciate y

    I sent in the Megalok suggestion to be used as a pipe dope, but only because I was given that brand of dope by a friend who is a pro installer....
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 12, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Thumping sound has developed in vertical loop

    Could be flash boiling, while pumping you create positive or increased pressure on the downstream side of the pump. Now that you pumped the water up...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 12, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Boiler system install: Components checklist/do's and don'ts/advice & suggestions. Would appreciate y

    J.B. Ward fitting are all we use, they don't have pin holes in the fittings, and more importantly they are threaded square to the fitting, unlike the...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 11, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Unistrut question

    We use both, depending on mounting clearances and pipe diameters of circuits and primary secondary loops. There are also 3 different size clamps for...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 11, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Termovar Loading Unit on Tarm Solo Innova causing thumping

    Depending on the style of check, many of them reduce flow and add lots of head. I know Taco and Grundfos both have curve charts with and without...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 5, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Can you have too much storage?

    That would be open, and that would also be static head, obviously the pressure at your expansion is zero. On the plate, if you paint it flat black...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 5, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Termovar Loading Unit on Tarm Solo Innova causing thumping

    What is the boiler pressure when no pumps are on ? It is an over pressure differential that causes this. If you have zone valves they make pressure...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 5, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    EKO 80 overheating

    http://www.taco-hvac.com/uploads/FileLibrary/SelectingCirculators.pdf Check out the info near the last 2 pages, it will explain ( far better than I...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 4, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Can you have too much storage?

    I would guess you have a bit of heatloss or excessive load on your battery. The other option could be a pump problem and flow than is not matched...
    Post by: ALASKAPF185, Mar 4, 2012 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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