Ok, I know alot of you are going to think this a dumb question, But, always
having a heat pump I do not know how to start my boiler heat. In the summer
I turned off the gas and the water to the boiler. Last night I turned
everything back on, I heard the water running through the pipes and I lit
the pilot. It cycled one time then the pilot went out. But that does not
concern me as much as "air in the system" Do I need to bleed air off any
where in the house?
Boy I sure wish I had my heat pump!
Searcher 1
In article <s6udd.1171$qr.79@trnddc05>,
"Searcher" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok, I know alot of you are going to think this a dumb question, But, always
> having a heat pump I do not know how to start my boiler heat. In the summer
> I turned off the gas and the water to the boiler. Last night I turned
> everything back on, I heard the water running through the pipes and I lit
> the pilot. It cycled one time then the pilot went out. But that does not
> concern me as much as "air in the system" Do I need to bleed air off any
> where in the house?
> Boy I sure wish I had my heat pump!
>
> Searcher 1
Do you have traditional radiators? If so, they have bleeder valves on
the end that use a small key which just about any hardware store has, if
you don't. You open them(with the water on to the boiler) and let the
air out till you get a water stream, then close them.
The pilot should not have gone out, unless you had a draft or perhaps a
bad thermocouple. Check that.
You might consider having your boiler converted to a "pilotless"
ignition system. That way you shut nothing off and don't turn off the
water, which I wouldn't do anyway...keep the system pressurized, I do.
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Regards,
JP
"The measure of a man is what he will do
knowing he will get nothing in return"