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[wissel12]

I have had my New Ridgewood 7500 since January 15. It just sit there doing nothing.  The man that normal takes
care of the boiler in the house doesn't want to tie in to the 1.5 copper line. He wants to stay home and what for service
calls. 

I contacted a different boiler man. He wants to come out and check everything else with the set up of the OWB.
I told him I got that under control.  He ask me who gave me an diagram to set it up.   That my pump willn't be right.
And i'll not be able to get the air out of the OWB. He thinks I'm dumb as a rock.  I told him I got support from you guys.

The weather is going to be nice this weekend and I want to fire it up.  I'm afraid to tie in the to the copper line. I'm not sure about getting
the air out of that line.  And it's a closed system so you don't want to put a lot of new water in it.

Help me.  All I want to do is use it. Do you guys think I should do it myself?

[Scott7m]

You can do it yourself im sure, feel free to give me a call and ill try to walk you through it, I feel wed communicate better that way

We will come back here and tell what we discussed so all can learn but I could spend hours here diggin through it or 20 mins on a phone call, since its a brand I sell I wanna help u out

[wissel12]

Thanks Scott!  Craig said i could call you with questions.

[Scott7m]

Thanks Scott!  Craig said i could call you with questions.

Haha, yes, no problem

 

[wissel12]

I got a union hall pumper going to cut it in for me. Just going to need help getting air out of the lines.
Would you like me to take a picture of the boiler set up?

[Scott7m]

I got a union hall pumper going to cut it in for me. Just going to need help getting air out of the lines.
Would you like me to take a picture of the boiler set up?

Are you trying to tie it altogether as one??? 

There is a ton of variables here

[Sprinter]

Oh boy , I hope you know this union hall guy.  I will say this, it IS a piece of cake, walk in the park and all that. A professional should make it look easy, and if they can, so can you. Just maybe not your first try, unless your even somewhat mechanical.

No worries, and NEVER argue with a pro about interneck advice and support.  Can't tell you how many times a lady has told me that the isle jockey at Home Depot or some forum said I'm doing it wrong and argued with me. But hey I'll do whatever you are paying me to do by the minute. I'll hold off arguing till it's all said and done and paid, then say I told you so.

Good luck, would love to see your new system running.

[wissel12]

Im going to run it through the 20 plate ex changer first. Then through the 50 plate ex changer.
Should I run a loop to more water past the 20

The retrun line from the 3 different zones come together as 1.5'' line before the boiler.
It is a copper line. Going to mount the 50 and 20 side by side.

He is going to cut out a piece of copper solder to 90's run it over to the 50 and back into
the boiler.

Slimjim told me to get a aquastat to keep the boiler from firing until it reaches the low
limit setting.

[Scott7m]

Im going to run it through the 20 plate ex changer first. Then through the 50 plate ex changer.
Should I run a loop to more water past the 20

The retrun line from the 3 different zones come together as 1.5'' line before the boiler.
It is a copper line. Going to mount the 50 and 20 side by side.

He is going to cut out a piece of copper solder to 90's run it over to the 50 and back into
the boiler.

Slimjim told me to get a aquastat to keep the boiler from firing until it reaches the low
limit setting.

Slim knows what hes talkin about on this stuff...

But I cant figure anything out from your descriptions.

If you go through a 20 then to a 50 Im not sure what your wanting to loop around or how that would work

[wissel12]

Sprinter I don't want to solder the 1.5'' copper line. Everything else i will do my self.
My job is a Water Superintendent. I work on cast and ductile steel water lines.
So I have mechanical skill. That soldering with water in the lines gets me sometimes.
I could have got compression mac joints from work.  Just didn't know how they would
hold up to the heat.

 

[wissel12]

Put a tee before the 20 plate and after the 20 plate. With a ball valve to adjust the water flow. 
I Thought the 20 plate will cut the flow down.

[Scott7m]

Put a tee before the 20 plate and after the 20 plate. With a ball valve to adjust the water flow. 
I Thought the 20 plate will cut the flow down.

It will slow the flow but tees just usually cause eater to take pathe of least resistance in this stuff, if enough water ainr going through the 20 it wont work anyway

How did you know which sizw pumps u need to do this?

Have you got those yet, if so what size?  What size pex, hoe many feet of pex

[wissel12]

I got a grundfos 1/6 hp pump(suppose to be same as taco 011.  1'' pex 125ft

[Scott7m]

I got a grundfos 1/6 hp pump(suppose to be same as taco 011.  1'' pex 125ft

26-99 sounds like

125ft total or one way

[wissel12]

yes you are correct   125 foot one way