I have a weil mcclain boiler with a coil and separate hot water heater. In the spring i shut down the boiler and turn on the hot water heater....
i started up the boiler for the winter and when i go to use the shower the water will come out hot for a min or too then turn cold.....after letting it run for a few minutes the boiler kicks on the water warms up.
it is my understanding that the aquastat keeps the boiler water to whatever it is set to. mine is set to 160
i have a hot water guage (it appears to work) that shows the water around 80 degrees in the morning when no one has used hot water all night, The guage is a bout 4 feet away from the output pipe of the coil.
could it be my aquastat is faulty?
also i would like some thoughts on running the output of the coil to feed the input of the hot water heater and keep the hot water heater on all year round.....this coil is nothing but problems but maybe it could keep warm water going into the hot water heater to be more efficent?
thoughts?
i started up the boiler for the winter and when i go to use the shower the water will come out hot for a min or too then turn cold.....after letting it run for a few minutes the boiler kicks on the water warms up.
it is my understanding that the aquastat keeps the boiler water to whatever it is set to. mine is set to 160
i have a hot water guage (it appears to work) that shows the water around 80 degrees in the morning when no one has used hot water all night, The guage is a bout 4 feet away from the output pipe of the coil.
could it be my aquastat is faulty?
also i would like some thoughts on running the output of the coil to feed the input of the hot water heater and keep the hot water heater on all year round.....this coil is nothing but problems but maybe it could keep warm water going into the hot water heater to be more efficent?
thoughts?
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