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Home » troubleshooting

Articles Tagged with ''troubleshooting''

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The Glitch & The Fix: Intentions versus results

September 27, 2021

An installer is asked to provide a system that supplies two zones of fin-tube baseboard and two zones of floor heating.


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Contractor Thinking About Heating System
Heating Help

Dan Holohan: What's inside?

Approach troubleshooting by thinking like the system you’re working on.
Dan Holohan
September 2, 2021
This one goes back a bunch of years. The contractor was a good steam man, but he had run out of ideas with this job. It was a typical, five-story, New York City tenement building. Its one-pipe steam system had served generations of tenants for more than 100 years.
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Dan Holohan

Dan Holohan: My favorite radiator stories

The things we are taught when young stay with us for a long time — even if they are not always the right things.
Dan Holohan
August 2, 2021
So, I’m visiting a wholesaler in an old town on Long Island where my Uncle Tony worked when he was still on this side of the lawn. You would have liked him.
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Hydronics Heating System
Hydronics Workshop

John Siegenthaler: What I look for

A 'dirty dozen' things that point to trouble ahead.
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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
July 29, 2021
I've had lots of opportunities to review plans for pending hydronic heating systems. I've also been on "forensic" visits to sites with improperly performing systems. Of the two, I much prefer plan review over forensics.
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XOi names Amanda Harp senior strategic partnerships manager

July 8, 2021

Harp is responsible for effectively collaborating with XOi stakeholders to build and maintain relationships and partnerships that drive XOi’s business, increase revenue and expand the company’s brand presence.


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Ray Wohlfarth

Ray Wohlfarth: Troubleshooting hydronic systems

A checklist to help with diagnosing problems on the job.
Ray Wohlfarth
July 7, 2021

Troubleshooting hydronic systems can be challenging, as the pipes are hidden behind walls. Your imagination has to help you “see” the routing of the piping. 


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Dan Holohan

Dan Holohan: When luck fails you

Ask the important questions on every troubleshooting call.
Dan Holohan
July 2, 2021

Have you ever had one of those times when you’re trying to figure out some problem and then suddenly the solution comes to you as if by magic? 


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Dave Yates

Dave Yates: Troubleshooting an electric water heater

Tips and tricks of the trade.
Dave Yates
Dave Yates
May 31, 2021

Troubleshooting tank-style two-element electric water heaters is relatively simple once the operation is understood. 


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The Glitch - April

The Glitch & The Fix: Mixed results

April 22, 2021

An installer is asked to connect a single speed geothermal water-to-water heat pump to a highly-zoned low temperature hydronic distribution system.


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The Glitch

The Glitch & The Fix: Pellet particulars

March 19, 2021

Figure 1 shows a piping layout that was used to retrofit a pellet-fired boiler to an existing 4-zone heating system supplied by an oil-fired boiler.


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