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Maitenance of Infrared Burners
I have a grill with an IR burner and some critter somewhere between a chipmunk and squirrel made its home in it. It was all full of pieces of grass. The IR burner had a cover over it which is provided...
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Gas pressure check
I have a Laars Mascot FT boiler. I would like to check the out pressure of the gas valve, but there is no spec for the size of the test ports. I measured the plug diameters at .1905", or almost 5mm. I...
View ArticlePool heater will not fire up.
New install. LP gas. 2# system. 3/4" underground gas line in Constab PE. 30' Runs to a maxitrol 325-5L. About 20-24" of run from the maxitrol to the Pool heater. Pool heater is just under 400k btu....
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How's This Heat X-changer Doing After 14 Months?
Had annual boiler maintenance yesterday. Was looking forward to checking out CI boiler sections and breeching for corrosion given no bypass--only Circ Hold on Hydrostat. (System is mostly CI rads, so...
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Mystery Radiator Leak
Found water pooling around this early 1980s Governale rad for a few and assumed it was from wife's overwatering plants nearby, but then found wet rust marks on side of rad--ABOVE the bolt, which...
View Articlehigh efficiency Utica UB90-150 won't start
The green light is on on the IBC board and the circulator starts. We have replaced the pressure switches but nothing happens. Blower or indicator lights do not come on to indicate what could be wrong.
View ArticleBuderus GB142/24 WHISTLING
I have a 11 yr old GB142 that just began making a loud whistling noise as it heats for H/W. Doing some Google'ling it appears that I might have a boiler thats "Kettling". The whistling sound is not...
View ArticleGas furnace with 3" exhaust vent
I am replacing my central A/C and heating. I have a gas furnace with a 3" exhaust vent, it is a very old unit. I am being told that all new units have 4" vents and changing my vent all the way out the...
View ArticleNew Gas Boiler & DHW - Unsure of heat load and calculations from company
Moved into a 1906 built house last June, which had an old cast iron FHW boiler that had been converted from oil to gas and appears to be from the late 70's, paired with a 7 year old AO Smith DHW that...
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pressure reducer valve
I have a peerless boiler and the presser relief valve was leaking water (30 psi) for few days. I was able to change the pressure relief valve and expansion tank to see if there was an issue. Water is...
View ArticleWeil McLain ultra fault indirect Domestic hot water
Recently I have noticed that during most calls for domestic indirect hot water heating that the return temperature is a few degrees hotter than the supply temperature and I get a lockout that...
View Articlehigh efficiency gas boiler - brand advice
Folks, I'm in the midst of purchasing my first home (1.5 stories, unfinished basement, approx. 1300 sq ft) in Boston. One of the upgrades I'm executing is a new high efficiency gas boiler &...
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Re-routing Heating Loops
I have two heating loops running through my house beam. One loop serves the first floor zone, the other the second floor zone. Mono flow tees serve radiators off each loop. The pipes are in the way...
View ArticlePool heater size
I have a customer with a 16,000 gallon pool, live in New Jersey, I’m trying to figure out how many btu it will take to heat the pool, thanks in advance.
View ArticleIBC boiler not reigniting after error
I have an IBC , SL series, with the V-10 touchscreen controller; installed 2019. While we were gone for the day, it shut down due to a "Minor Error; Low RPM/Air Flow." It did not reignite over the...
View ArticleAnalyzing and deciding between bids - Propane combi boiler in Vermont
We currently have a 30 yr old propane boiler with 4 zones. One zone is for indirect DHW for which we have a storage tank. This system has worked well for us. We got bids from 2 local outfits - one our...
View Article5000 MBH Condensing boiler flue chimney: 1'' air gap in lieu of insulation...
Hello, Have anyone installed 80 ft of flue chimney where 90% of flue is in the room (last piece is 10 ft above the roof finished with the velocity cone). Layers: AL-29-4C inner, 1'' of air gap, 304 SS...
View ArticleThermopile voltage drops when try to turn heater on. Main flame not firing up.
Hello I couldn’t find an answer to this, but perhaps I didn’t find the right phrasing. I have a gas log heater. A Matrix GFX-S. Might be an Australian rebrand. I couldn’t get the main flame to fire up....
View ArticleCarlin EZ Gas Pro Code - uA low check FRod
Hi, Have the above Carlin on my Peerless boiler. Wasn't firing this morning so I reset it and it fired up. It's only done this once before 6 months ago and I had a tech come to check things out. He was...
View ArticleWet Base Boilers
We have a customer selling a house with a wet base gas boiler. Inspection shows cracks in ceramic liner. Is this dangerous to use? If so can this liner be replaced.
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