Posted by Harold Kestenholz - Hydronic Network on February 09, 2000 at 22:30:38:
In Reply to: boiler size & references posted by Thomas Santoli on February 09, 2000 at 18:53:06:
Your boiler is about 40% overkill for your size apartment, but that is not unusual for the old rule-of-thumbers. You could improve your situation by replacing the hissing vents with new ones to reduce the humidity.
Tankless coil boilers are usually left at 180F or more to provide hot water, so your lower water temperature setting is much safer. It is not near to being 'cranked.'
You can read the sites below and come back to ask questions. Jtown, Tony and others give great advice. There are some steam tips at
http://www.hydronic.net
http://fhs.ittind.com/
http://www.watsonmcdaniel.com/Product%20Info/specialty_products/Air%20Vents.html
http://www.ferguson.com
http://library.thinkquest.org/C006011/english/sites/link.php3?link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.steamboats.com%2F
http://www.mcdonnellmiller.com/pdf/basic.pdf
http://www.hvacwebtech.com/steam_boilers.htm
http://www.steamlink.com/training.html
http://www.oit.doe.gov/steam/resource/courses.shtml
http://www.oit.doe.gov/bestpractices/software_databases/software.shtml