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02-12-2016, 08:54 AM | #1 |
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Water shutoff or not?
When I go away from my property for extended times (1-2 weeks),
can I shut-off the main water-shutoff valve to the entire house, without affecting the oil furnace? Someone told me , that the furnace may need water replenished from loss over extended periods ? Is this true ? Thanks, Bigdog |
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I asked the service manager at Foley Oil about running the FHW furnace off a small generator during a power outage with the water off. (The small generator does not power the water pump). He said no problem for the typical power outage of a day or two. Now if you are thinking about 2 weeks you might want to talk to the service manager at your oil company. It could very well be OK but I would ask the professional.
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If your power went out for a week or two .... I'd first want to consider (1) where I live (2) getting a new service provider
sorry - couldn't resist on a Friday .
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The OP question was if they shut the power off to their water only would it affect the furnace, not if the power was out for the entire home. Hope this helps clarify.
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This would be for forced hot water heating systems. Not forced hot air. Last edited by jeffatsquam; 02-12-2016 at 09:24 PM. Reason: spelling |
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Water shut-off or not.
To answer your original question, Yes your boiler may need small amounts of water from time to time. However, if your system is not to old, your boiler has a "low water shut down circuit". If you are on a well, jet pump {shallow well or drawing from the lake} or city water, your pressure is probably between 40psi and 60psi. Your boiler has an emergency blow off valve set at 30psi. The boiler normally has 14psi to run properly. The domestic water supply has a regulator, at the boiler, to maintain 14psi. The regulator has in-line to the boiler a "back-flow preventer" {to prevent boiler water from entering the domestic supply, if the domestic pressure dropped below 14psi}.
If I understand your concern correctly, You are afraid that if the power went out, and the house froze and burst pipes, you would not want the water to come on when the power was restored. In my experience most homes will not freeze for 3 or 4 days. If your heating system is in good shape, Shutting off the "Water Supply Valve" for a week or two, should not hurt anything. Peace My Friend, Moxie |
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Water shutoff or not?
All these answers are predicated on temperature, and bigdog never mentioned temperature in his post. Possibly, we were to infer the meaning of his question, but the question wasn't about temperature.
The answer to your question is simple, so simple: As your service provider, and couch you question in the fact that IF you do have a problem you will be looking to him to make you (totally) whole. |
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This is probably the most useless post in the thread, sorry. Your service provider isn't going to take on any liability just because they answered a simple question for you.
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Hydronic systems do not leak water unless you have failed pipes or a leaking boiler. You would see the mess. IMHO, if you do not see water, then you do not have a meed for makeup. This is not like an old steam system. I keep the heat on all winter...set at 55 degrees. I shut the circuit breaker off for my well pump, just in case there is a problem and the pipes freeze. There have been instances where houses have had a frozen pipe, then it thaws and the place fills with water. Ugly mess. From my opinion, there would be so little makeup needed, you are safe t turn it off. I'm no expert, but this is what makes sense to me. And I have been doing this for 12 years now.
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water shutoff or not?
Okay, brk-Int, when you become a recognized expert on all manner of heating systems, boilers, and pipes, I will pay attention to your response, but, until then, if you want to make an unfavorable remark about my post (or any others), please, keep it to yourself.
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Ok, I too just threw in a post, to keep this thread doing
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If the home is forced hot air heat you need no water...I'm no expert either just experience with my families NH home that has the main water supply shut off every time we're not there and it's been 30 years now, summer and winters.
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As for my comments, I'll post whatever I like, regardless of your personal opinion. And if I think someone is giving poor or impractical advice, as was the case for your post, I will absolutely point it out.
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Bigdog was concerned about a possible water problem. WHY did this thread have to include ANY drama. Lets just help each other out and not let this site turn into Craigslist Rants and Raves.
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Be kind of neat if an OP could close their own thread, when they got their answer, or it got to the point they didn't want to hear any drivel.
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Good idea actually only problem (?) I could see is someone going on or responding to a "rant" saying their piece then closing down the thread. I dunno to me just kind of takes away from the purpose of a "forum" to begin with. However I do still think it's an interesting idea!
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