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Posted by Bubba on May 14, 2007, 6:43 pm
Wow! I guess Ive been doing it all wrong all these years. I better go
back and turn all those boilers on this summer............hehehehe.
RBM is a morooooon! Learn dude, Learn.
"leaks from expansion and contraction"???
You're making my mind wobble.
Bubba
On Sun, 13 May 2007 15:56:39 -0400, "RBM" <rbm2(remove
this)@optonline.net> wrote:
>Aside from what your tech has indicated, I've found that boilers that were
>allowed to go cold during summer months, tended to develop premature leaks
>between the sections from the expansion and contraction
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>>I am thinking of installing a Honeywell L7224U electronic boiler control on
>>my
>> Weil McLain gold series boiler. I do not make hot water with my boiler,
>> and as
>> so, it does not run when the house is not calling for heat. It has a
>> single
>> aquastat L8148A on it now that does not have a low limit control to keep
>> the
>> boiler warm. According to my oil service company tech, this cooling off
>> causes
>> moisture buildup, and because of the moisture, causes any fluffy carbon
>> build up
>> in the boiler to solidify, and clog up the unit, which has happened a few
>> times
>> already. The L7224U control box has a programmable low limit that you can
>> set as
>> low as 110 degrees, just to keep the boiler warm when the house is not
>> calling
>> for heat in the summer. My service guy says that this should keep the
>> carbon
>> from solidifying and plugging up the boiler. I have read thru the
>> instructions,
>> and there is only 1 thing that I question. If the power goes out, does the
>> unit
>> lose all of its programming, or does it retain it all during a power
>> outage ???
>> I can't find anyone who has installed one of these yet and has any
>> experience
>> with them.
>>
>>
>> RON
>> ========================================================
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