CycleGuard preventing heating cycle
I searched this forum for my particular problem but have not found an exact answer. Hoping you guys can help me find a quick solution to get heat back in my house! Problem: My steam furnace is only...
View ArticleBoiler percolating
Customer has a Small Slant Fin cast iron boiler attached to an old gravity radiator system with large pipe diameters, two pipe reverse return. Boiler is twenty years old and started percolating. In my...
View ArticlePrestige boiler w/propane fuel
Error message 3 displayed after 5 ignition failures, reset system, no propane, system should be turned completely off until propane tank is filled & system is ready to be reset?
View ArticleSwitching from oil fired hydronic heat with cast iron radiators to gas fired...
Hi Everyone, This is my first post here. I live in a 150-year-old house with about 2800 square feet (less actual living space). My wife and I have been evaluating our heating costs and at the same time...
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Should I switch to gas(Mod/Con) or replace burner from oil to gas
Hi, I am running an oil system with steam and I am being told to switch to gas. The boiler seems relatively new got with house in 2010, house was made in 1930. I have attached a few pictures of boiler...
View ArticleHoneywell V155 Series 10 upgrade/replacement
I'm working on an old coal to NG conversion gravity furnace with the v155 motorized control valve. I read in another thread that the valve can be replaced with a Honeywell VR8300. Is this an acceptable...
View ArticleSight glass full won’t go down
My main concern is that my sight glass water level will not go down. It’s been a little touchy in the past with fluctuations but now I can’t get it to go down. I added a little bit of water to the...
View ArticleNew Gas Boiler Very Loud Clicks and Thumps During Warmup
A brand new boiler is making very loud clicks and thumps. I don't know if the old one made those thumps, because the old one was dead when I bought the house earlier this year. The sound is definitely...
View Articlecan zone valve controller turn on my IBC G3 boiler? (improper install i think)
I have an IBC G3 20-160. I have 8 heating zones in the house plus DHW. the installer ran 2 of my zones to the boiler directly (basement and mudroom) and the rest are run off a Taco 506 zone controller....
View ArticleNatural Gas line vent, Shutoffs...
Or gas meter is in our basement, and from the regulator there's a 20+ ft long 3/4" line to our outside wall exiting about 40 inches above the ground. Where it exits the house at the approximate height...
View ArticleFurnace will not turn on
I was replacing thermostat. So I turned main power off. Could not get it to work so wired old one back. I turned on main circuit breaker and furnace will not turn on. I have a luxaire furnace. I tried...
View ArticleNavien CH-240 knocking/banging noise
Hey All, As if I didn't have enough trouble with my system, today I was powering up after a power outage and the boiler starts making a banging noise the likes of which I've never heard. I am neither...
View ArticleWilliamson-Thermoflo GWA 105 problems
Greetings, I have done a search here and done as much reading as I can, and am a bit stuck/unsure how to proceed. About 5 years ago, a Williamson-Thermoflo GWA 105 boiler was installed for this 1940s...
View ArticleWeil McLain gv90 flame led flashing
3 year old install, power led (green) comes on tstat and pressure led come on after just fine but then flame led starts flashing Changed the inginter $55 didn't work Tried to adjust gas flow didn't...
View ArticleWeil McLain Won’t Ignite
I have a 10ish year ole Weil McLain boiler - model 1107-1 that is giving me issues with igniting. The startup process seems to go well and a spark is initiated, but the boiler fails to light. I’ve...
View ArticleCan this power burner be downfired to save fuel?
This power burner is hooked up to a wet-base steam boiler that has an EDR of around 500. EDR of all the radiation is around 187. I have no idea what the burner is set to and I have no idea if it can be...
View ArticleNew Gas Account Moratorium in Westchester County
https://www.coned.com/en/save-money/convert-to-natural-gas/westchester-natural-gas-moratorium/about-the-westchester-natural-gas-moratorium Apparently infrastructure issues are pushing Con Ed to stop...
View ArticleWeil-Mclain Ultra Series 3
It's a model 105 in this case, but don't think it matters. Just a message in short - don't ignore annual maintenance/cleaning forever :-) These boilers are great. I've had a 105 for 7 years now with no...
View Article80%furnace only two burners lighting
Ran into an Air Temp gas furnace, 80%, about five years old. Sequence of operation is normal until the burners ignite. Only two of the five ignite, the other three just spill gas (customer called gas...
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