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[cartod]

Should I put the circulating pump on my Hmaster 10,000e on the unit itself or inside the house?  Plumber is leaning towards putting in the house.  Any input appreciated. 

[CountryBoyJohn]

Up to you.  I think most guys like them inside simply from a accessibility standpoint.  There are other considerations.  You'll want your pump near the lowest point of your system to assist in purging air and be the most effective in pushing water through your system.  I have mine right inside my garage.  I had to switch one out last winter, and it was a piece of cake.  Glad I didn't have to do it when it was zero and snowing!!!

[cartod]

Up to you.  I think most guys like them inside simply from a accessibility standpoint.  There are other considerations.  You'll want your pump near the lowest point of your system to assist in purging air and be the most effective in pushing water through your system.  I have mine right inside my garage.  I had to switch one out last winter, and it was a piece of cake.  Glad I didn't have to do it when it was zero and snowing!!!

Thanks, that's what im going to do. 

[LittleJohn]

Definately easier to change pump out in middle of snow storm if its in a mechanical room, versus half way buried in a snow bank 

...all my pumps are located inside buildings

[mlappin]

Six of one, half a dozen of another. My original setup has the pump in the basement so like pointed out ease of change out, however that was fourteen years ago and it's still going strong. Maybe the new pumps aren't near as good as the old.

New setup will have the pumps on the stove with isolation mounting flanges, much easier to ensure a good prime when the pump is at the source of water.

[Steinacher Sales]

 

Greg Steinacher
618-401-0726
www.midwestoutdoorfurnace.com

[woodbutcher]

I have a Central Boiler and it is 15 years old. When I bought my boiler the dealer told me to put the pump in the house, because when the pump goes out it won't  be in the summer. Just think of changing the pump when it is 20 below if it's on the boiler.

[LittleJohn]

It kind of gets back to where do you have space to put the pump?
How complex is your radiant setup?
And where so you want to be sitting when you have to change a pump? In the middle of the night, on a Sunday, in a snow storm, while the wife is yelling about being cold !!

[Crow]

  Well if she's yelling I'd rather be outside.

[mlappin]

 

If set up right with isolation flanges changing one outside shouldn't take more than ten minutes, you should also have heat coming off the back of the stove while working. Install a SO cord on the pump so it can be plugged into a receptacle instead of being hardwired to the circuitry of the boiler.

[ffbare]

   I'm going to put the pump in where it comes in the house, it's the lowest spot than it goes 50 feet in 1 inch pex to my exchanges and what not.  It only makes sense to me to put a plug end on the pump, a dishwasher whip are easy to find at the hardware store