Gas and Oil Home Heating Furnaces - how to let water into the boiler?
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Falconress
04-11-06, 08:38 PM
Edited to add:
I think I have resolved it, at least for now - thanks to everyone who had a look at my post. I tried the orange knob (Fig. 5) again and when I waited a bit longer, the glass pipe began to fill up. I let it get just to the halfway mark. The boiler fired up at some point so I assume it had shut off automatically when there was no water and turned itself on again.
I will let it go for now, but I'll check a couple more times tonight to make sure the water stays at the same level. Next step = using the reprieve to learn a little more about how all this equipment works so we can avoid such problems in the future.
Again thanks to anyone who wanted to help.
I am at my parents' home trying to help out with this problem, but know nothing about boilers. I took a pic of the equipment in case I am not using the correct terminology, and posted it
here (http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/7285/dscf5484revcopy9st.jpg):
Tonight we heard a dripping noise and found that the glass pipe (Fig. 1) was filled to overflowing. I began to let out water by opening the yellow lever (Fig. 2). I let out so much water that now the glass pipe is empty, and I think that this was a mistake as it is supposed to be half-full.
Should I let water run into the boiler until the glass pipe is at the halfway mark again? And if so – which one of the three knobs should I turn? There are three, from the top – orange (Fig. 5), blue (Fig. 4), and red (Fig. 3). I have tried turning all of them, one at a time. I heard sounds of running water, but since I did not see the water level rising in the glass pipe, I turned them off again because I was not sure of what I was doing.
Would appreciate any guidance. Many thanks.
I think I have resolved it, at least for now - thanks to everyone who had a look at my post. I tried the orange knob (Fig. 5) again and when I waited a bit longer, the glass pipe began to fill up. I let it get just to the halfway mark. The boiler fired up at some point so I assume it had shut off automatically when there was no water and turned itself on again.
I will let it go for now, but I'll check a couple more times tonight to make sure the water stays at the same level. Next step = using the reprieve to learn a little more about how all this equipment works so we can avoid such problems in the future.
Again thanks to anyone who wanted to help.
I am at my parents' home trying to help out with this problem, but know nothing about boilers. I took a pic of the equipment in case I am not using the correct terminology, and posted it
here (http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/7285/dscf5484revcopy9st.jpg):
Tonight we heard a dripping noise and found that the glass pipe (Fig. 1) was filled to overflowing. I began to let out water by opening the yellow lever (Fig. 2). I let out so much water that now the glass pipe is empty, and I think that this was a mistake as it is supposed to be half-full.
Should I let water run into the boiler until the glass pipe is at the halfway mark again? And if so – which one of the three knobs should I turn? There are three, from the top – orange (Fig. 5), blue (Fig. 4), and red (Fig. 3). I have tried turning all of them, one at a time. I heard sounds of running water, but since I did not see the water level rising in the glass pipe, I turned them off again because I was not sure of what I was doing.
Would appreciate any guidance. Many thanks.