Water Connections Heating Boilers Only; Circulator Pump Requirements; Circulator Pump Specifications; Circulator Pump Operation (Heating Boilers Only) - Lochinvar 000 - 500 Installation & Service Manual

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Hydronic piping
Hot water pip ing must be supported by suitable hangers or
floor stands, NOT by the boiler. Copper pipe systems will be
subject to considerable expansion and con trac tion. Rigid
pipe hangers could allow the pipe to slide in the hanger
resulting in noise transmitted into the system. Padding is
recommended on rigid hangers installed with a copper
system. The boiler pressure relief valve must be piped to a
suitable floor drain. See the relief valve section on page 24 of
this manual.
A leak in a boiler system will cause the
CAUTION
system to intake fresh water constantly,
which will cause the tubes to accumulate
a lime/scale build up. This will cause a
NON-WARRANTABLE FAILURE.

Water Connections Heating Boilers Only

All water heaters and heating boilers with inputs of 315,000 -
500,000 Btu/hr have 2" NPT.
Field installed reducing bushings may
CAUTION
de crease flow re sult ing in boiler noise or
flashing to steam.

Circulator Pump Requirements

This is a low mass, high efficiency hot water boil er which must
have adequate flow for quiet, efficient op er a tion. The boiler
circulating pump must be pur chased locally. The boiler
circulator pump must operate con tin u ous ly while the boiler is
firing. Pump selection is critical to achieve proper op er a tion.
A pump should be selected to achieve proper system design
water temperature rise. A heat ex chang er pressure drop chart
(Table 4C) is provided to assist in proper pump selection.
Also provided is a System Temperature Rise Chart (Table 4B).
This table provides GPM and boiler head-loss at various
temperature rises for each boiler based on Btu/hr input.
Temperature rise is the difference in boiler inlet temperature
and boiler outlet temperature while the boiler is firing.
Example: The boiler inlet tem per a ture is 160°F and the boiler
outlet temperature is 180°F, this means that there is a 20°F
tem per a ture rise across the boiler.

Circulator Pump Specifications

1. Maximum operating pressure for the pump must exceed
system operating pressure.
2. Maximum water temperature should not ex ceed
nameplate rating.
3. Cast iron circulators may be used for closed loop
systems.
4. A properly sized expansion tank must be in stalled near
the boiler and located on the suction side of the pump.
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Circulator Pump Operation
Boilers are equipped with a relay for controlling the circulation
pump for the hot water loop. The relay turns ON and OFF in
response to the "W" input from the wall thermostat or zone
control.
The field installed boiler pump MUST NOT exceed 1 h.p. For
continuous pump operation, wire the system pump to the 120V
supply. The pump should be connected at the junction box as
shown in FIG. 4-3.
Figure 4-3_Boiler Wiring - Circulation Pump to Junction Box
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TABLE - 4C
HEAT EXCHANGER PRESSURE DROP CHART
5 10 15
Gallons per Minute
120V
SUPPLY
TO
UNIT
CB 500 CB 500
CB 360 CB 360
CB 3 CB 3 315 315
CB 399
CB 399
20 25
30
(Heating Boilers Only)
TO
CIRCULATION
PUMP
27
35