GG_Mass
Member
Hello,
I've Googled this for a while but could only find general type of knowledge as in 'how it works', but :
We have a hot water baseboard (heated by oil) system. The same boiler is also in charge of heating up our water for personal use. I understood from my Oil supply company that an auxiliary water tank was installed after the fact into my system, to provide more 'ready to go' heated up water.
my questions:
1. Being that my heater(for the baseboards), is not working at this time, is there water pressure up to the baseboards ? Just as there is to the faucets, ? Or, only when the heater starts working, triggered by the thermostats, only then water is pumped and circulated to the baseboards ?
2.The water comping up our supply lines (kitchen,etc.) get used up and the exit out the drain lines. What happens to the water that circulates through the baseboards ? does it ever get discarded ? Or, is the same water in the system since the system was installed ?
3. Is there any interaction between the water in the personal use lines and the heating lines ? Or , these are two different systems all together, and their only common place is the boiler that heats them up ?
I'm sure these are very general questions, I hope that after the first round of answers I'll be able to sharpen them up a bit.
Thanks in advance.
I've Googled this for a while but could only find general type of knowledge as in 'how it works', but :
We have a hot water baseboard (heated by oil) system. The same boiler is also in charge of heating up our water for personal use. I understood from my Oil supply company that an auxiliary water tank was installed after the fact into my system, to provide more 'ready to go' heated up water.
my questions:
1. Being that my heater(for the baseboards), is not working at this time, is there water pressure up to the baseboards ? Just as there is to the faucets, ? Or, only when the heater starts working, triggered by the thermostats, only then water is pumped and circulated to the baseboards ?
2.The water comping up our supply lines (kitchen,etc.) get used up and the exit out the drain lines. What happens to the water that circulates through the baseboards ? does it ever get discarded ? Or, is the same water in the system since the system was installed ?
3. Is there any interaction between the water in the personal use lines and the heating lines ? Or , these are two different systems all together, and their only common place is the boiler that heats them up ?
I'm sure these are very general questions, I hope that after the first round of answers I'll be able to sharpen them up a bit.
Thanks in advance.