Maximizing Efficiency of the Boiler
I currently have the thermostat in a tenant’s apt. I heard from someone that installing a special type of radiator valve with different pressure settings helps regulate the heating system better. Anyone care to share some light on this? What does this valve do?
I currently have the thermostat in a tenant’s apt. I heard from someone that installing a special type of radiator valve with different pressure settings helps regulate the heating system better. Anyone care to share some light on this? What does this valve do?
btw…thanks for the shout out miss m
Very good eman. The key to this bad boy working is the vacuum breaker and the reset controller. Trvs can cause the radiator to become air bound when used improperly which is not a funny situation for the homeowner. Anyway since you are the only one who played I will give you the prize.
You have won! Drop yourself a line at erroll83200@yahoo.com for a free heating consolation.
hence a trv is inappropriate for your application… if you are willing to consider a tekmar or heattimer steam control with reset, drop me a line at errol832000@yahoo.com for a free consultation
notice the proviso..Note: For proper valve operation, the steam supply
must be cycled by a boiler control. Do not install
the 1PS thermostatic radiator valve assembly in a
zone where the boiler is cycled by an existing space
thermostat.
http://na.heating.danfoss.com/PCMPDF/Instructions%20RA2000%201PS.pdf
i win
you need 1 Pipe Steam Valve, Thermostatic Operator, and a straight air vent to make it work…and a remote sensor helps..lol
remote sensor…does that mean i get a chance to consul myself?
TRV’s can work on one pipe steam if another component is added to the radiator as well. Does anyone care to figure out what that component is? **Not you MP!**
The first one to guess correctly gets a free heating consultation by eman1234.
Good luck.
-SteamMan
@bessie – Yes, they do. Danfoss makes good TRVs. I’ve used them on the south side of my house which was hard to fine tune using standard valves ’cause those rooms get too hot during the day. For rooms that don’t get a lot of temp variability due to sun (or whatever), you may as well play around with different sized gorton valves, and simply find the one that makes the room most comfortable.