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DIY DIARIES

HYDRONIC BOILER NOT HEATING ONE AREA OF THE HOME.

Hydronic boiler zone valves You sit down in your favorite area of your home for some relaxing peace and quiet. You then realize that it’s a little chilly, so you walk over to the thermostat and turn up the temperature but 30 minutes later, you check and it’s still reading the same temperature! What is

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ONE BOILER RADIATOR NOT HEATING UP?

Hoffman A-1 steam radiator vent Sternco low pressure steam radiator trap Typical radiator bleeder key Previous Next If you have a radiator in your home that refuses to heat up, this can be quite annoying. So, what is causing this to happen and how do you fix it? Let’s first get into what type of

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WHAT CAUSES A STEAM BOILER TO STOP WORKING?

Steam boiler Blown low voltage fuse Gas shut-off to home and locked by gas company Dirty boiler sight glass Boiler roll-out switch (circled) Clogged boiler heat exchanger Pigtail with gauge and pressuretrol attached (circled) Boiler pigtail gauge reading 53 psig Boiler pigtail gauge reading zero after pigtail cleaning Clog in boiler pipe Pigtail and gauge

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PILOT OUT OR WON’T LIGHT

Manual light pilot with thermocouple Failed thermocouple Previous Next If you have a piece of equipment that utilizes a pilot, (shown in the photo above) chances are that you will have to deal with the pilot going out at some point. Before electronic ignition controls were around, you would have to light the pilot with

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WHAT TOOLS DO I NEED BEFORE I GET A VIRTUAL DIAGNOSTIC?

MULTI-METER The first and most important tool that you should have at your disposal is a multimeter. A good digital multi-meter is worth its weight in gold when determining what is wrong with an electrical component. If you don’t have one of these, it will be tough to figure out what is wrong with your

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