Hooking up a backup oil burner to Tarm with storage

  • Active since 1995, Hearth.com is THE place on the internet for free information and advice about wood stoves, pellet stoves and other energy saving equipment.

    We strive to provide opinions, articles, discussions and history related to Hearth Products and in a more general sense, energy issues.

    We promote the EFFICIENT, RESPONSIBLE, CLEAN and SAFE use of all fuels, whether renewable or fossil.
Status
Not open for further replies.

kevindauch

New Member
Feb 7, 2008
56
Marcy NY
I've successfully plumbed in my Tarm Solo 40 with storage into my heating system. I'm now in the process of hooking an oil fired boiler into it as a backup. I'm wondering if there is any need to add a circulator into the output of the oil boiler or is the circulator for the zone sufficient. Here is a crude diagram of the supply side plumbing with the circulator in question marked with ???




Oil Boiler Manifold Storage Wood Boiler

| | | | | | | | |
| (^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^) | |
| | | | | | | | |
| --------------------------------<--------(<)-------------------X----------
| |
| |
|----------------(>)----------------&gt;--------
???



Where: (^) & (<) & (>) are circulators in the direction of the arrow
< & > are weighted check valves in the direction of the arrow
X are zone valves
 
Status
Not open for further replies.