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Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers WITH EPA-Certified Models => Heatmor => Topic started by: heat550 on November 22, 2016, 03:57:20 AM

Title: thermo exspansion water Bladder
Post by: heat550 on November 22, 2016, 03:57:20 AM

Bladder math ... is 4 % expansion on water 65-180f the right math?   I have 185 gallons total in system and that works out to 7.4 gallon expansion
at 65f I have a empty bladder and at 170f its almost full .  It says in book tire tube ( bladder hold 8 gallons ) .. Is that 4% expansion.
Right ?  The bad part at start up in fall I can not tell where the water level is because bladders empty at 65f .. How does everyone else do it ? I can fire it to 100f and make sure there's water in bladder . Must be the way to do it. my old 200css Did not have as much water so it always had water in bladder at 65 f .  :thumbup:

heat550

might be my 3 zones just add a lot more water .

Title: Re: thermo exspansion water Bladder
Post by: tinfoilhat2020 on November 24, 2016, 08:38:18 PM

I close bladder and top boiler off, then open bladder and fire up.