The Glitch: Eager to keep up with this new technology, an installer decides to install a hydraulic separator between a boiler and distribution system as shown below.

An installer needs to provide heat from a conventional gas-fired boiler to a large buffer tank. The tank is necessary because of a highly zoned distribution system.

The Glitch & Fix: October 2018

The Glitch and Fix: September 2018

Drawings have consequences. Can you spot few details that are incorrect?

Knock on wood. Can you identify at least five errors with this configuration?

Tee’d Off

One Chance to Get It Right

John Pughe is a long-time colleague of mine and a true hydronics professional. He recently sent me an  “as installed” and “as corrected” schematic for a hydronic heating system with twin 200,000 Btu/hr mod/con boilers, and 15 zones, each powered by its own circulator.

Can you spot several details that will lead to problems? How would you design the system differently?