Fired up the wood "boiler" yesterday to heat the house...and...it's hot, but it's not heating the house. Tentative theory: the pump that recirculates water is broken. Motor is fine (I heat it spinning) but maybe impeller is stuck. Plumber confirmed, over phone, theory as likely.
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2/ Hit the pump body w a wrench a few times (his advice) and have it running now, to see if temp on loop climbs from 80 (right now) to something closer to 180 (temp of water jacket on boiler outside). If so: great, done. >>>
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3/ If not, then I either take it apart myself (maybe swap in a new $325 pump https://www.supplyhouse.com/Taco-0013-F3-0013-Cast-Iron-Circulator-1-6-HP-3781000-p?utm_source=bingad&utm_medium=sku&msclkid=d9bf65406075135e69603e9c240abaeb … ), or I pay him for a $70 service call. Advantage of latter: if that's NOT it, then he's here w skills to move to theory 2, 3, 4...
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4/ And, in fact, every time I have a pro out, I stare over his shoulder and take notes on a clipboard, which get uploaded into the wiki later... https://twitter.com/admrlcrnch/status/1058338970214563845 …
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I had a service guy for a particular clothes washer fix an issue and then walk me through how to prevent it. Then he said,”you may as well learn how to deal with a couple of other issues also.”
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Uncle Charlie Tribe
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I'm drawing a blank, what's this a ref to?
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oh, sorry
my friend @maradydd has an Uncle Charlie who's the prototypical red / gray tribe getter-done kinda dude.
I've got a passing homage to him in book 2: Sam Barrus has an Uncle Charlie. :P
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