High steam/hot water boiler pressure (not a failure per se)
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:57 am
I noticed that my pressure was getting well into the red zone the other day, and figured that was a bad thing. Tried to bleed off some of the extra pressure and it spit water out at me.
Ran water through till it was dry, then let it all heat back up. All seemed normal, but in a few days it was back in the red zone.
I had a hunch, so I decided to disassemble the top and look. Sure enough there is a water level sensor right there. I pulled on the cable (after shutting it off) and it had almost no tension holding it on the metal rod and popped off. I took my trusty needle nose pliars and squeezed the connector a bit to so it would make a good connection and slid it back on.
My guess is that the connection there was flaky which would cause it to over fill the boiler, raising the boiler pressure. Its been 4 days now and no issues since.
Having over clean (RO) water could also cause this issue, but fortunately I don't have that issue.
Ran water through till it was dry, then let it all heat back up. All seemed normal, but in a few days it was back in the red zone.
I had a hunch, so I decided to disassemble the top and look. Sure enough there is a water level sensor right there. I pulled on the cable (after shutting it off) and it had almost no tension holding it on the metal rod and popped off. I took my trusty needle nose pliars and squeezed the connector a bit to so it would make a good connection and slid it back on.
My guess is that the connection there was flaky which would cause it to over fill the boiler, raising the boiler pressure. Its been 4 days now and no issues since.
Having over clean (RO) water could also cause this issue, but fortunately I don't have that issue.