I figured I would start a new thread since I am now defiantly going to purchase the WL110 and try to do as much of the installation as possible. After doing a bit of measuring and studying, I am going to have to go with a power venter, my current set up will not allow me enough height and rise to attach to the current thimble.
I have found two plans for running a solid fuel boiler in parallel with a coal boiler and want to know what you think about them.
I have read through the manual and I am slightly confused about the dump zone. If I set a certain zone as a dump zone, will that zone still be able to be hooked up as a thermostat and supply heat to that zone. Or would it be more simple to add another circulatory pump that loops into the zone I want the heat dumped to and then wire that pump to the dump zone? What I mean by that is say zone 3 is my "dump" zone. I would tee off the return of zone 3, put a pump in line and tee it back into the return, this way if the high trigger was tripped it would cause that pump to run, and if the thermostat called for heat the main one in line would run.
Wl110 Installation
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First those pictures are two opposites as for how zoned...one is zoned by pumps and the other by valves.
Your oil is now zoned w/ pumps.
A dump zone gets signaled by an aquastat to the same zone as a thermostat signal does to that same zone. (24 volt)
That Zone has 2 (24 volt) connection signals...either one from Dump Aquastat...or from Thermostat.
Even if a Dump never occurs it still keeps zone space heated normal through the thermostat.
Your oil is now zoned w/ pumps.
A dump zone gets signaled by an aquastat to the same zone as a thermostat signal does to that same zone. (24 volt)
That Zone has 2 (24 volt) connection signals...either one from Dump Aquastat...or from Thermostat.
Even if a Dump never occurs it still keeps zone space heated normal through the thermostat.
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Okay, so the designated dump zone would be controlled by both the high temp thermostat and room thermostat, that makes it easier.
I didn't even catch that the other one was valves, that would change everything.
From what I understand, the supply line from the coal boiler should be teed off and connect back to the return of the coal boiler. The other half would then continue on to the zones.
I didn't even catch that the other one was valves, that would change everything.
From what I understand, the supply line from the coal boiler should be teed off and connect back to the return of the coal boiler. The other half would then continue on to the zones.
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- Other Heating: Oil boiler, fireplace
Here is a general layout of how my existing boiler is plumbed and how I plan on running my new boiler in parallel with it. Red and blue are the existing feed and returns, orange and light blue are the feed and return of the new boiler. I will be also adding a couple valves in a few places to be able to completely shut off the coal boiler from the loop if ever needed. Let me know if I am even close on this or what changes I may need to make.
I talked to matt today and sent over all my info. He will be calling me tomorrow and I will be paying for the unit and put on the waiting list.