Replacing Badly Rusted Tankless Coil on Weil Mclain EG-45 - NSFW
When I moved in I suspected the tankless coil was leaking slowly and bought the replacement parts to change it and now the time has come. The damage has accelerated big time since the boiler was turned off this spring. Big chunks of the coil plate are coming off and it looks like one of the bolts is also nearly gone.
Peerless boiler coil rust issues and potential replacement
As the boiler heats and cools over many cycles the expansion and contraction of the boiler and gasket become loose. I think the gasket actually shrinks. When I return in one year to provide the first ( Usually Free or included in the installation price) annual cleaning/inspection/tune-up I find the bolts on the coil can be very easily turned as ...
replacing old boiler's heating coil — Heating Help: The Wall
Old boiler hot water coil In July 04 I replaced our A-3 steam boiler'instant hot water coil' with a gas fired hot water heater. Sure my gas bills have gone up,but I have used about 300 gallons less oil, than in previous years!
Peerless Coil Replacment — Heating Help: The Wall
It's not the coils that are "shot", it's the coil gaskets. And he should have noooo problems finding them. Should be a fairly easy fix, but time consuming. Looks like PP fittings. No way should it look like that after 4 years, or ever. The bolts need to be torqued at every annual maintenance. That's what seems to be happening here.
Decommissioning a Tankless Coil — Heating Help: The Wall
Oct 31, 2021 · The water lines have to be separated from the coil in the boiler; hopefully there are unions on this pair of copper pipes otherwise they need to be added to make any future repairs easier. I am decommissioning this tankless coil, so all this plumbing would be removed, so not concerned about future repairs.
Potentially Replacing Tankless Coil — Heating Help: The Wall
Theoretically that could allow boiler water into the coil, and if the incoming / outgoing pipes aren't capped, then couldn't that allow the boiler to lose some of it's water? My thought is, with the caps, why not just keep the boiler (including the inactive coil) a 100% closed system.
Coil Replacement — Heating Help: The Wall
Apr 21, 2023 · AO Smith boiler coil replacement. Looking for a company to manufacture direct fire copper heat ex-changers. Water is non-potable as it is for a hydronic system. AO Smith tech support is lost and has no inforamation.
New Coil or New Boiler or Repair? — Heating Help: The Wall
Your parent actually have a few choices . The boiler can be replaced and put back on the shelf . Our brand is the Weil Mclain Gold 3L , special built for these homes . It fits back under the cover too . Another choice is replacing the GE with a boiler on the floor in the same area . You can put basically any cast iron or steel one pass boiler ...
Peerless WBV-3 Tankless Coil Questions - Heating Help
The boiler is from 1992. I'm not sure if we are allowed to post prices here but the numbers to tell a story when the coil replacement is just about 1/3 of the price of a new boiler (minus installation cost). 1. In the picture below, can anyone tell me what fittings I need to purchase?
New boiler: tankless coil or separate hot water tank?
Dr Tom Butcher did a study at Brookhaven labs a doe lab and found the worst oil boiler performer to be the boiler with a coil in it. The system 2000 by energy kinetics was the best performer. The buderus boiler with its controller was found to save around 40% over the boiler with coil in it. Dr Tom Butcher did not do everything I did.