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Hello,
great forum and happy to have found this place!!
I have a strange problem: I have a utica steam boiler that services a 4 family house. I had a tenant call and say that water was dripping out of one of the vertical pipes, the water was slowly dripping out of the top of a gordons #1 valve. Now the part that is bizzare is this unit is off and has been off all summer. It has an Mcdougal (sp.) automatic water feed/ auto low cut off, Is it possible that this auto feed device failed and the water filled up the boiler to capacity adn backed up into that vertical pipe and is just sitting there??
That is the only thing I can think of? I don't know too much about these devices but one question I have is this: when the boiler is not in use and full the water should only sit in the boiler correct?? It shouldn't be so full that water is going into the suppy/return pipes? This particular pipe is vertical and thinner then the main pipes and has a valve at the very top of it
I am really puzzed and not sure what to do about this?
any suggestions as to what caused this and how to remedy it??
your help is greatly appreciated.
regards,
harvey
great forum and happy to have found this place!!
I have a strange problem: I have a utica steam boiler that services a 4 family house. I had a tenant call and say that water was dripping out of one of the vertical pipes, the water was slowly dripping out of the top of a gordons #1 valve. Now the part that is bizzare is this unit is off and has been off all summer. It has an Mcdougal (sp.) automatic water feed/ auto low cut off, Is it possible that this auto feed device failed and the water filled up the boiler to capacity adn backed up into that vertical pipe and is just sitting there??
That is the only thing I can think of? I don't know too much about these devices but one question I have is this: when the boiler is not in use and full the water should only sit in the boiler correct?? It shouldn't be so full that water is going into the suppy/return pipes? This particular pipe is vertical and thinner then the main pipes and has a valve at the very top of it
I am really puzzed and not sure what to do about this?
any suggestions as to what caused this and how to remedy it??
your help is greatly appreciated.
regards,
harvey
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