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Running Your Boiler Too Hot is Like Driving Your Car Too Fast! Even though your car is designed to operate at a high speed, most of the time you drive slower, adjusting your speed to match the current conditions. This improves fuel economy, comfort & safety. In the same way, your boiler is designed to operate at a high temperature to match your home’s heat loss on the coldest day of the year. Most North American locations have less than 10 days in a year that actually require this high temperatu... [Read full article]
Tankless water heaters or sometimes called "on demand" water heaters are a very efficient way of getting domestic hot water. A tankless water heater requires a gas line and an electrical source. As the name indicates, these type of water heaters do not have a tank. For this simple fact, they are smaller and lighter then a conventional water heater which allows them to be wall mounted. A tankless water heater operates only when a there is a need for hot water. Because of this simple fact it opera... [Read full article]
By adding an Indirect Fired Water Heater to your existing hot water boiler you achieve the most efficient way of obtaining your domestic water needs. Most of indirect fired water heaters cosnsists out of stainless steel tank that is very well insulated with a thermal plastic jacket on the outside. An indirect fired water heater does not require electricity or gas and because of that it does not require a vent. An indirect fired water heater is nothing else then a storage tank with a coil inside ... [Read full article]
The first and most important step in sizing a furnace is to do the heat loss calculation. When you are finished you will have a number that is the Design Heat Loss of the house. Let's say that number is 52,234 BTUH. This means that the house loses 52,234 BTU's each hour when the outdoor temperature is the Winter Outdoor Design temperature for your area. [Read full article]
Electric models are self-contained and operate independently of the central heating system. They are either plugged in or direct wired and run on regular 120 Volt current. Hydronic models operate in conjunction with a closed loop forced-hot-water heating system and typically operate only during the period that the central heating system is operational. [Read full article]
The typical home owner would like the inside of their house to be around 72º on the inside in the winter. This is called the Winter Inside Design Temperature. However, because it is cold outside, heat travels through the building envelope, the walls, windows and ceilings to the outside. Also, cold winter air leaks into the house and warm air leaks out. [Read full article]
A heating and cooling system for your home will only be efficient and effective if you get the right size system. HVAC load calculation means actually calculating what size unit you will need for your size space. Here are some tips to perform proper HVAC load calculation. [Read full article]
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