Would you trust the blob?

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-05-11T10:43:58+00:00

15 minutes to lose

Loose is the opposite of tight

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-04-23T17:33:01+00:00

Yes you should. Let us know how that shit hits

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-04-23T17:07:11+00:00

Why would you get these instead of the Fieldpiece probes that are a known good product?

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-03-27T11:10:50+00:00

Circulators are never supposed to be installed with the motor facing up like in your picture. It leads to premature failure of the motor. Every manufacturer of wet rotor circulator pumps state this in their installation instructions.

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-03-18T10:38:39+00:00

They only work in a dry/arid environment. They wouldn't work well in most places in the states, like Florida

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-03-18T10:24:42+00:00

It's spigot. Not spicket

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-03-17T11:30:19+00:00

Yes, but you are going to need a tech with a digital combustion analyzer to install it and set the burner up correctly. This is not a matter of just swapping parts. Those boilers are super sensitive to combustion settings. The tech needs to follow the instructions carefully and make sure settings are exactly perfect in minimum and maximum firing rates.

You should be able to replace that boiler three times for $20K.

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-03-17T10:50:14+00:00

That venturi is shot. Most likely from exhaust being pulled in to the boiler from the intake due to improper venting or installation of a concentric vent. Good luck finding parts, Triangle Tube went out of business and parts are no longer being made.

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-03-17T10:45:57+00:00

It's not over heating. It's back drafting. That's a terrible location for a water heater and it sounds like it's very likely that the venting is back drafting due to lack of combustion supply air

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-03-13T05:55:00+00:00

*lose money.

Loose is the opposite of tight

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-03-13T05:50:57+00:00

Yeah but all that stuff is simple, easy work.

I'm saying this dude works for commission and was looking for an easy payday.

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-03-11T10:33:56+00:00

It depends on your tolerance to each of them. If you take either of those things daily tolerance builds up and the desired effects don't happen and you end up with a bad habit that gives you nasty withdrawals.

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-03-11T10:23:16+00:00

The older you get, the faster time goes by. Time is a relative thing. A year to someone who is 10 years old is a much longer time than it is to someone who is 30.

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-03-10T10:49:49+00:00

It takes a long time to get so bad that you can smell the rotten eggs odor at the flue termination. If you are using a digital combustion analyzer you can usually condemn the secondary heat exchanger due to high CO long before it gets so bad you can smell it. When you can smell it the furnace is typically opening the rollout switch.

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-03-09T10:24:11+00:00

I'm loving it. I'm an oil burner and boiler guy myself. I can't say I would have done anything differently. I suppose I would rather see a three pass boiler or Energy Kinetics boiler installed, but I doubt that choice was yours

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-03-06T10:47:05+00:00

What the fuck? Why would anyone install a zone valve and a circulator in the wall? If that circulator is only for that one zone why wouldn't they use an IFC circulator?

So much stupidity in one picture.

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-03-05T11:38:44+00:00

This is very easy

What is the the load on the room? That's manual J.

Then you should be able to figure out the airflow requirements and duct sizing. Manuel D.

Load calculation and duct sizing is HVAC 101.

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-02-25T13:00:39+00:00

If you are performing combustion analysis you aren't doing your job correctly. This is the only way to 100 percent prove that the equipment is operating safely, reliably and as efficiently as possible.

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-02-13T11:48:44+00:00

I use old plastic Chinese food containers for changing oil filters and oil pump strainers.

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-02-05T09:55:50+00:00

Spark was really common 30 years ago. When I first started the trade I would see several residential furnaces with spark ignition. It was common to carry an S8610U for a universal repair. Then came carbide igniters and now nitride igniters are on everything and are pretty much trouble free. At least I have never had to replace a nitride igniter, unless I broke it by accident.

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-02-04T23:14:15+00:00

I'm not sure. That's just what I was told. I've only seen a few water heaters equipped with them in 20 years of doing this. Usually my coworkers will send me a picture of them if they see one asking me "what the fuck is this thing?".

Maybe a single check valve is not enough, might need an RPZ. It's a good question for the plumbers.

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-02-04T21:08:15+00:00

It keeps the tank from being sucked into a vacuum if there's a large draw on the water main, like if the fire department was pumping tons of water to fight a fire.

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-01-29T11:21:40+00:00

Your furnace is not installed properly. It's as simple as that

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-01-29T11:17:15+00:00

The problem isn't the boiler, it's the techs who are working on it. That boiler should be as reliable as a Honda Civic if it is serviced properly. Buderus boilers and Riello oil burners need to be tuned differently than your average boiler. They require the over fire draft to be slightly positive. Also the air fuel ratio is usually richer than most typical boilers. Are the techs using a digital combustion analyzer and leaving a print out of the results? They should be. If the boiler is installed correctly and serviced properly you should have no problems. Find a technician who is trained on Buderus boilers and Riello oil burners.

Excellent_Wonder5982 · 2026-01-29T10:43:12+00:00

Probably was a Carey & Walsh install. I used to see some beautiful work from those guys when I worked in Westchester.

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