Heat Pumps and Electric Heating - Taco Zone Valve - Open?

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zebe527
11-23-08, 09:07 PM
Hi All,

My apartment's heating seems to be a little picky...When we set the thermostat only the living room's baseboard gets warm...All the others are room temp or cold. I can have it set to 80 and the thermometer will read 80, but no where in the apartment is it 80. All the bedrooms, bathroom and kitchen radiators are cold...

I saw this Taco valve on the kitchen radiator and moved it to "open" versus the "auto" setting. All the baseboards are now warm...

I'm curious if setting the Taco valve to auto is advisable? We are in a building with multiple apartments so I am worried it could screw up something in the rest of the system, though I think each apartment may be a zone in itself...

Just curious what the experts out there thought about my situation and current solution.

Thanks for the help!