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Installation of the Buderus High Efficiency Boiler

Bob talks with factory representative Chris Hoff and heating contractor Peter Lydon during the installation of a Buderus high-efficiency boiler. They note several features that improve the unit's efficiency, including stainless-steel burner tube, insulated jacket and sophisticated Honeywell controls.
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Installation of the Buderus High Efficiency Boiler

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" We've been looking at all this part of it but you know these are all the parts yet again -- supply house and Peter helped us understand movement here it's it's hydronic system we're gonna be heating water boiler distributing it through the house what are all these pipes connected. First of all this of the feed from the city. So there's a -- actually come out committed to check for us so that's -- the water will be coming into the women in the surf backdrop of contraband from the back into the -- lot of OK and Reynolds disarm mad feet. The Saddam manual for months at a fast. These this set about 1520 pounds. And that's something that you don't mess with much anyway because once you get that system built it's built -- you know have to keep adding -- what's this here. It's just my guess that to us. Function about noon and disconnected that are wrong by isolation bowed again. Up to -- us and then we're told us here this of bricks and mortar or. -- direct you've been retrofitted to be fortunate yet as the and -- technology that doesn't need any kind of chimney flue but it will go up through the foundation it would go right to the foundation right. OK and then what we just tightening up here. Just expensive bag and heat the water expands its provincial -- from the -- problem. Exactly so that that takes these be the extra water damage efficiency experts -- expansion. And yes. This is circulating pump pumps the water into the system on the supply frightened -- so when they were called me from its all about the to open look with the come from upstairs and I see three returned -- or assume we've got three different zones. This place for a second -- perspective and third floors right."

" European engineered and American assembled what we have here are recommending control but typical. Boiler conventional boiler control will operate between high and low limit of 180. To 200 degrees OK so what that causes you to waste a lot of energy. -- money ultimately in keeping bought at a higher temperature right. With yet come out of control what we do is control the water temperature -- on the weather changes outside. Typically what happens is you have a lower average temperature between 13240. Degrees. So you can see through fewer burner starts with respect to the outdoor temperature right you get a significant amount of fuel savings with exactly. That control itself works like an out set back thermostat. So it as a variety of custom programs feeding programs for the comfort of the homeowner. And actually. A vacation setback so easily now in prosperity and button. Is moved by but it still works in coordination with these fears that are exactly into. What about down here as these American controls what you have -- of Honeywell components. We have Honeywell gasp out on Anguilla which. So there easily serviced many holes that wire right and the panel of course sure things that. It's that this makes it varies and side. -- like that Europeans sure so we're ready to do a little soldering here."

" That went technology that hasn't changed much over the decades correct. And little block the light of -- he -- just."

" Bras and and it's done this won't be ready protesting for another. They a couple of days right."

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