Bypass full open?

Bypass full open?

PostBy: daluds On: Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:54 am

I have a bypass installed with ball value. It was closed during the summer, but I opened it for the winter after noticing the temp of the boiler dropping a lot when circulating hot water for the baseboards. It seems to reduce the temp drop in the boiler when the heat is on multiple zones. I also reduced the temp of the L6006 to 120 (had it set to 140 in the summer) that I have for sensing fire outage after watching the boiler temp swing with the value closed. Should I leave it full open during winter and summer?

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Re: Bypass full open?

PostBy: stoker-man On: Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:28 am

The idea is to force some of the returning water back into the radiators to prevent your type of problem. Adjust the valves so that a portion of water is forced back to the radiators.
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