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Plumbing / zone valves

« on: October 02, 2011, 09:39:00 PM »

hi im plumbing my base board heaters i want to have 2 thermostats up stairs and down stairs my home is a open florr pan now i really dont understand zone valves from what ive read the thermosta controls the valve but do i use a 2 way or a 3 way whith the 3 way i was under the impression i would put the valve in the supply linne and the other port would run to the return but that idea was blown to peices after i found out they are normally closed so how would i get any heat it would just retun to the boiler please explain this or send me a diagram on how to pipe please help also do i need flow valves thanks

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Electronics / outdoor boiler wiring

« on: September 21, 2011, 02:01:29 PM »

hi, im a newbie i just installed my outdoor boiler its a heatsourse 555 im installing brand new base board thew my home according to slantfins calculator my questions are how do i control the heat comming into my home and how to hook up a thermostat to the boiler now the boiler has a ranco stat on it do i hook up my home thermostat to that or not also can i run 2 circulator pumps of the header i built into yhe one 1/1/4 pex tubing comming into the house or do i have to buy another line i have more questions buti will ask later thanks