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Re: Harman VF3000 Coming Today!!!

Posted: Thu. Mar. 20, 2008 9:17 pm
by nomoreoil
What did you pay for it?

Re: Harman VF3000 Coming Today!!!

Posted: Fri. Mar. 21, 2008 7:37 am
by Coalbrokdale
Yes... I realize it would be a bad idea to dry fire the thing :shock: . Although this thing is built like a tank. The amount of crossbar bracing is amazing. Heat on cold steel does funny things it loves to warp and twist. I would hate to have to explain to the miss's why our new boiler is leaking

How do you vF3000 owners have you JC S350 wired up, zone and cirpump?

Re: Harman VF3000 Coming Today!!!

Posted: Fri. Mar. 21, 2008 7:40 am
by Coalbrokdale
nomoreoil wrote:What did you pay for it?
$4100 with DHW coil delivered into my garage. Ordered from a dealer in NJ and had it delivered to my home in NY to avoid sales tax.

Re: Harman VF3000 Coming Today!!!

Posted: Fri. Mar. 21, 2008 7:52 am
by gambler
Coalbrokdale wrote: Ordered from a dealer in NJ and had it delivered to my home in NY to avoid sales tax.
Mr. Coalbrokdale, come out with your hands up! This is the IRS,BATF,FBI. You are wanted on tax evasion. :shock: :lol:

Re: Harman VF3000 Coming Today!!!

Posted: Sun. Mar. 23, 2008 7:28 pm
by Coalbrokdale
Well she's in and I have the stack hooked up, fitting pipes now...

Re: Harman VF3000 Coming Today!!!

Posted: Sun. Mar. 23, 2008 9:17 pm
by Sting
Sorry _ I just have to use this now!

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Re: Harman VF3000 Coming Today!!!

Posted: Mon. Mar. 24, 2008 8:57 am
by Coalbrokdale
I'll try to post some as soon as I can. I should have taken picture of the process of moving it into the basement... I did the entire job myself. I dragged the thing on across the back yard to the basement steps while on the pallet. I used a come-along to get it to the steps and then hooked a tow strap to the trailer hitch of the truck, slowly backed up, as it slid down the steps....Crazy...but it went smoothly. I then installed a couple of eye-bolts in one of the floor joists and lifted it onto the base as I used a floor jack to take up some of the weight. When I had it in place I stepped back and thought holey crap its here!!

I'm just a little nervous about draining the system to tee into it... Never drained a boiler and refilled one before. I guess I'm concerned about getting all the air out.

Re: Harman VF3000 Coming Today!!!

Posted: Mon. Mar. 24, 2008 9:49 am
by LsFarm
Congrats on getting the 'weightlifting' done!

Depending on how your system was plumbed, you might have shut off valves so you can drain only the boiler and a small part of the plumbing.. In my disaster of original plumbing, the guy did at least install lots of shut off valves.. I can replace circulator pumps, or the boiler without draining all the baseboards..

Don't worry about getting all the air out,, it will come out.. just look at all the baseboards for bleeders, they should be at the top of the return-to-the-basement runs..

Greg L

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Re: Harman VF3000 Coming Today!!!

Posted: Mon. Mar. 24, 2008 11:12 am
by Coalbrokdale
Hey thanks, I'm not to sore.... Yeah my baseboards don't have any air bleeder screws just the element inclosed in the covers.

Re: Harman VF3000 Coming Today!!!

Posted: Mon. Mar. 24, 2008 11:34 am
by coaledsweat
Sometimes a plumber will install a spigot on the return. If so, just put a hose on it and throw the end of it out the door and open the valve. As you fill it, the water runs from the return and when it stops bubbling, you'll have most of the air out.

Re: Harman VF3000 Coming Today!!!

Posted: Mon. Mar. 24, 2008 12:23 pm
by Coalbrokdale
Ok cool, yeah on mine.. just above each zone valve there is a seperate sipgot. In this photo you can't see them but they are just above the zone valves. I may do the job tomorrow....

Re: Harman VF3000 Coming Today!!!

Posted: Mon. Mar. 24, 2008 12:44 pm
by Sting
Just to mention - make sure the boiler is cold - the pressure is up like around 20psi - the zone valve is closed - open the purge drain one at a time and let it blow, watch your pressure. If you can limit the blow down to just one zone you will have less new liquid to "degass" but don't worry about that now - just get the air out and the new boiler in -

See if you can place a purge valve also in your new boiler loop to make the next service easier!

We can "tweek" later - :)