A quick story for any EFM guys . We have a few unusual installs around here . The one that impresses me the most is a duel boiler , its feeding two homes , prob 600 ft' of underground piping , and maybe 5500 sq ft of houses plus the boiler location .
Last week they had low temps and could'nt see why. The boiler that was lit had a broken burn plate. (they have two for back-up) or extreme cold.
The owner has been recovering from a bad medical issue, so the large house is heated to 77 degs now . This last weekend we had very cold temps and wind too.
So for a quick solution to the down unit with a bad burner, we lit the spare boiler, bumped the feed rate up to 7 teeth and let her eat . That did the trick. Plenty of heat and we can repair the other burner when its a nice day.
I was impressed with the out-put of that 520, and honestly could have pushed it more if needed .
Tasking an EFM 520 to a new limit
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Spot on Rob ! ..... The owners grand daughter asked why he had 2 boilers while I was there. Responce; ''honey, thats for the day one of them has a heart attack''
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You said the owner is recovering from a medical issue. Who was tasked with going out to light the second boiler?
If I was going to have a second boiler for backup, it would be something that could be brought online with the flip of a switch, or automatically. I wouldn't want to be out of town trying to explain to my wife how to bring another boiler online.