Finally, Praise the Lord it is FIRED UP!!!!!!
Up and running perfectly so far. Man is it quiet, not like that old rattle trap of an oil boiler.
Now it just needs to get cold out!
It's Brand-It's New It's a Keystoker K2 Fired UP!!
- concretewolf
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- concretewolf
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Spoke to soon . Pressure went up over 35 psi, pressure relief valve works !!!! Had to shut-er-down!. I thought the expansion tank on the oil boiler would take care of the system. Better follow the instructions, tommorow I will be putting an expansion tank directly on the coal boiler as recommended by keystoker!
What kind of expansion tank is it?
When I fire mine up, the pressure went up to 35psi and was spewing hot water out of the PRV.
I forgot to drain the expansion tank after I got everything running. My expansion tank is the gravity overhead type, not the newer bladder style.
Once I drained the ET, everything was good.
When I fire mine up, the pressure went up to 35psi and was spewing hot water out of the PRV.
I forgot to drain the expansion tank after I got everything running. My expansion tank is the gravity overhead type, not the newer bladder style.
Once I drained the ET, everything was good.
- concretewolf
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The expansion tank on the oil boiler is an Extrol Model 30
I simply bought another identical unit and piped it directly to the top of the coal boiler.
I came up and hung it from a "T" then put a drain valve after it, that way I could purge the air.
Has been fine now pressure between 18-23 psi, depending on temp
I simply bought another identical unit and piped it directly to the top of the coal boiler.
I came up and hung it from a "T" then put a drain valve after it, that way I could purge the air.
Has been fine now pressure between 18-23 psi, depending on temp
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- Stoker Coal Boiler: KeyStoker KAA-2
My new KAA-2 has been running for about a month now. Very pleased with mine also. Make sure you don't have to much draft - it kills the efficiency.
As for the relief valve - mine popped off once also. Turned out that my pressure reducing valve on the water inlet had a slow leak and was letting pressure rise slowly. Once I took care of that, no more problems. I also discovered that having the circulating pump on the outlet side of the boiler - pumping away (after the pressure relief valve), helped noticeably.
As for the relief valve - mine popped off once also. Turned out that my pressure reducing valve on the water inlet had a slow leak and was letting pressure rise slowly. Once I took care of that, no more problems. I also discovered that having the circulating pump on the outlet side of the boiler - pumping away (after the pressure relief valve), helped noticeably.