Posted by JT on February 01, 2000 at 18:56:17:
I recently had a low water cutoff with feeder installed. It was suppose to make it so I did'nt have to worry about the water level in my steam boiler as much. Here is the problem! When boiler is not firing the water level in the sight tube is at 1/2 mark. When the boiler fires the water level goes down enough to cause the feeder to kick in and add water. When the steam goes out and then comes back as water it then floods my boiler. I have to drain about 2 buckets of water every 3 days in order to keep the boiler from flooding. Was the low water cut-off/feeder installed correctly or is it something else that is causing this. Thanks in advance for the help! JT