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Hi all, just installed a Navian 240 Combination boiler/H2O tank on propane. Works great. BUT.. every time it fires up for water or heat, there is a loud, high-pitched resonation. Techs redid the gas piping to increase from 3/4 inch to 1 1/2 inch and (supposedly) checked and set the pressures. I've seen this issue posted a lot (YouTube has a couple of great videos that play the sound exactly) but haven't even seen a solution, rather kind of a lot of 'try this'. Does anyone have direct experience with what worked? It's tough living in the middle of a tea-kettle whistle. :o Many thanks... and all good things to everyone in the New Year.

LonGuyLand (NY) Oil-NG Boiler Conv: H/O Seeks Ind Energy Auditor

Morning Folks Not my first post here. Spending couple weeks on Long Island (Bellmore) NY working on Mom-in-Law house do much needed repairs. ...

Split Bus Panel

Hi All A few questions about Split Bus Panels. Looking at finishing a residental basement. Located in NJ. House has a split bus panel which is a Murray. The panel has 4 double pole breakers in the top half in the service disconnect area. They are 40amp (range), 40amp (AC), 30 amp (dryer - not used) and 60amp (Lighting+everything else). House also has a redundant hot water circuit on a separate meter (not live). The lower branch section has around 8 breaker positions - top six will take 1/2" according to the panel label. Furnace is NG. 70amp breaker rating max for the entire panel. First question: The panel says 125 amps load for the top positions. Installed breakers total 170amps currently. I've read various discussions around whether the total of the breakers in the upper section can exceed the panel rating or not. A rough load calc says its currently ok but clearly if everything was used to the max rating on the installed breakers it would exceed 125 amps. What is the correct approach here ?

Outdoor wire labels or marking tape, UV resistant??

Hello, Can anyone recommend any wire labels that can be used outdoors (UV and water resistant)? Otherwise, is the standard Utilitech multi colored tape sufficient for outdoors? As seen HERE (http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=291607-16878-54794&langId=-1&storeId=10151&productId=3659364&catalogId=10051&cmRelshp=req&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1). We have a lot of flexible SOOW outdoor cord at work and I'd like to label those for identification purposes. The Utilitech tape would be fine but I've never used that outdoors so I don't know how long it would last prior to fading? I'd like something that would last at least two years. I'd most prefer some multi colored tape which is numbered so I could correspond it with the Panel breakers....

piping diagram software

Hey guys, I've started doing alot of high btu gas fitting projects that require me to submit piping diagrams prior to inspection. Currently I hand...

water cooler fountantain

Hi guys. I accidentally disconnected all the wires from the water chiiler dispenser compressor, including the start relay, overload, fan motor without marking the wires, and dont want to take a gamble at re-connecting it. Does anyone know or have the wiring diagram? Its a Zip economiser water chiller, with the compressor being a Heatcraft AZ 33LY-1. Thanks.

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Furnace Common Wire

The old circuit board for my furnace had a relay that was sticking so I got a new board that doesn’t have a ‘C’ connector (my old board did have a common wire hookup right on the board). The new board works fine but I’d like a C line to wire to my thermostat (my thermostat is cycling my furnace fan off/on and causing the furnace to click and not turn on the heat). Where can I connect a common wire to this new board? The board model number is B1809913. Attachment 42870 (http://www.doityourself.com/forum/attachments/gas-oil-home-heating-furnaces/42870-furnace-common-wire-currentboard.jpg) Can I draw from the transformer? Attachment 42871 (http://www.doityourself.com/forum/attachments/gas-oil-home-heating-furnaces/42871-furnace-common-wire-img_0847.jpg) Or is there a spot on the board? Or does this board not support a common wire? According to this diagram for my board:

flooded AHU

Dears We have many chilled water AHU with different sizes and different cooling capacities, some of them reserves condensed moisture outside water...

Wiring washroom

Hi All, I am planning to do the washroom wiring in my basement. I hope somebody can show me a diagram for do my wiring. My idea is the power can from the panel to the GFCI the continue to one switch for the lights and after this an other switch for the fan. Can I do this wiring with 14/2? Please post a diagram circuit with this idea. It is possible? Thanks in advance!!!!

Trick to removing board fron metal panel

I am going to switch out a DSC PC1864 that is attached to the metal panel by those plastic push pins. What is the proper easy way to remove the board from those pins. It sea quite stuck on them.

Filter system for chronic lungs

Hi all, I have been going through the forum and Google to narrow down options for filtration on my hvac system at my house. My son has chronic...

Pull Common from TACO Zone Valve or xfrmr for Wifi Tstat

Like a zillion others in this forum, I need a C for my HW RTH9580. I was looking at some schematics for pulling C from the zone valve xfrmr. My wiring looks wrong. My understanding is that the TACO 571 has the xfrmr Common daisy-chained between the middle pins of the 571's and the xfrmr LOAD (R) would run to the Tstats RH pins. Bottom line is that I need a C and not sure how to get their based on my wiring. No extra wires in the system but can pull whatever is needed. Attachment 42861 (http://www.doityourself.com/forum/attachments/thermostatic-controls/42861-pull-common-taco-zone-valve-xfrmr-wifi-tstat-zone-valve-schematic.jpg)

Frozen AH Coils - No Heat

Good Evening. Lots of reading but can't find an answer to my dilemma. Have an older Rheem (RCBA) Heat Pump system and swapped my Honeywell...

installing thermostat honeywell rth 7500d

hi , need help to install a new thermostat Honeywell rth 7500d how to do the wiring, you find attached a photo of my old thermostat , thx a lotAttachment 42851 (http://www.doityourself.com/forum/attachments/heat-pumps-electric-home-heating/42851-installing-thermostat-honeywell-rth-7500d-thermostat.jpg)

Customer's walk in cooler has water leaking from the seams

One of my customers called me about water leaking in their large walk in cooler. Upon arrival I noticed water leaking from a few of the seams on the...

Carrier RTU

Wow I feel bad for this customer in a way. They are renting a office space and they have a carrier 48TFE009. The circuit board was burnt out at the...

Reusing granite after kitchen island failed.

I was trying to do a moveable island that could slide into the corner when not in use but the plywood underneath the feet didn't handle the weight good so it collapsed. :o After repairing it I moved those same cabinets against the corner and attached them to the wall. The whole set of cabinets has 1/2 hardiboard all around ( was going to do a tile design on island) and it is attached to the wall via metal L shaped an corner plates. In most of the places with the l shaped and corner a hardiboard screw goes into the stud currently. Now I have a 1/2" plywood followed by 1/2" hardiboard and then 1/2" granite that was being designed for a moveable island but will now hang off 10" past the edge of the cabinets. Do I need to support this even more underneath the counters? Its about 98"Lx 34"W.

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Samsung bottom freezer Mod. # RB195ACBP/ XAA

The door ajar alarm will not reset. It's constantly beeping. Beeps 11 times every 50 seconds. Some background: The fridge sat in my garage for over a year, with both doors off. When we decided to bring it upstairs, we cleaned it, plugged it in, put the doors on and the beeping hasn't stopped since. Both fridge and freezer door seals are in excellent condition. I tried resetting the control panel by holding both the Power Freeze and Power Cool to no avail. Any Owners manual I've been able to find online has been no help. Am I over-looking something simple? I'd be happy if I could just snip a wire and silence the beeps.

Wood panel over sheetrock - recessed electrical boxes

I have a room where the previous owner had turned into a "library". Built in bookshelves, wood paneling all over. I removed one of the switch covers and noticed the panelling was installed over the sheetrock, and therefore the electrical box sits far back from the finished wall. I assume it's the same for all the boxes in this room. Box is metal with conduits. They cut the rectangular hole smaller than I expected, so that the device mounting holes on the mud ring are covered up. Image: http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/11th/IMAG1756_zps8f6c079f.jpg So they used tapered wood screws to mount the switches on the thin wood panels instead.

how to block forums

is there a way to block certain forums from displaying when i search for new posts? there is suddenly tons of plumbing posts showing when i click on...

Furnace fires up but blower does not blow heat

Hi, Respected DIY community, MY UPG GAS/ELECTRIC SINGLE PACKAGE AIR CONDITIONERS Model DW-03-N11 (See manual HERE (http://www.upgnet.com/PdfFileRedirect/336194-BIM-A-0507.pdf)) Thermostat triggers the heat - furnace fires up and i feel warm air from power ventor motor attached to the furnace but there is no heat blowing from vents. upon checking i found out that blower was not operating at all. is problem with blower or capacitor or circut board ?

carrier chiller

Dear friends , Without carrier navigatior tool can we change the config of the chiller . Is it possible means pls send procedure ......

Honeywell thermostat installation manual needed

Hey all I am just curious if anyone here has a copy of a old style commercial honeywell thermostat instruction manual this one that i am looking...

Central Air Conditioning replacement advice needed

Hi, I currently have a 2 story house built in 1988. The 2nd floor is cooled with a central air conditioner (condenser outside and air handler in...

wiring oil burner fan to run for outdoor stove.

Installing an outdoor wood burner. Water to air heat exchanger is installed into existing forced air oil burner plenum. What are my options to wire t-stat to run fan ONLY when heat is called for, without firing the oil burner?

High temp sensor

I have a carrier 58sta07010112 I recently got a call from my tennant saying it was just blowing cold air. I had a tech out to look at it, and he...

Whole house humidifier placement

I moved into a new house and was looking to add a whole house humidifier and upon inspecting the furnace there was a patch where it looked like they placed one before. I removed the patch and filled the airconditioner coil so it appears they added it after the fact. There is no room anywhere else to place. My question is can I place below the coil and just above the furnace? Here is my picture. Using a Aprilair 500.Attachment 42801 (http://www.doityourself.com/forum/attachments/humidifiers-dehumidifiers/42801-whole-house-humidifier-placement-image.jpg)