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Heating Oil Consumption - pjohnson - 02-10-2019
I have a bederus boiler with 4 zones. The boiler fires 3 heating zones and a hot water tank.
Is there any way to tell which zone is calling for the most heat?
RE: Heating Oil Consumption - jteneyck - 02-10-2019
(02-10-2019, 08:48 AM)pjohnson Wrote: I have a bederus boiler with 4 zones. The boiler fires 3 heating zones and a hot water tank.
Is there any way to tell which zone is calling for the most heat?
Can you wire an hour meter into each zone?
John
RE: Heating Oil Consumption - woodhead - 02-10-2019
My house had Programmable thermostats that would do that. Most have been replaced as they are from the 80's.
Why do you need to know this info?
Al
RE: Heating Oil Consumption - blackhat - 02-10-2019
An hour meter would only be accurate if each zone had exactly the same flow rate. A manual J calculation on your home would show you the heat loss for each room which could then be used to calculate the zone with the highest load.
RE: Heating Oil Consumption - pjohnson - 02-10-2019
Fair question
Two reasons:
Curiousity of the capability and my shop is in the basement, so I keep the heat set to 60.
One half of the basement is poured concrete. The other half is a dirt floor with a field stone foundation. It seems as though the modine heater in the basement is running a great deal. If that is my #1 draw on oils consumption, I would turn it down lower.
RE: Heating Oil Consumption - EatenByLimestone - 02-17-2019
Uninsulated concrete and stone walls are going to suck heat.