Syllabus for course Residential Boilers
Course is for both Master and Journeyman
Instructor Bruce R Waters
Course objectives
Introduce participant to how to plan for a new boiler instillation in existing building Participant should know what should be done for a reliable instillation with few service calls. Introduce participants to the piping system
introduce participants to Gravity flow and force circulation and multi zone system
Course Topics:
Checking the installation site, the common steps required for both water and steam boilers. The purpose and how to do hydrostatic pressure testing
Properly vent a new boiler
Near-boiler piping for water boilers, and steam boilers including the Hartford Loop Installing a burner and fuel piping and proper wiring of boiler controls
The burner and controls installed on a steam boiler, water boiler
Determine if water, fuel and electrical systems are properly prepared for start-up
How to bleed a fuel system, the start-up and adjustments of the new boiler-burner unit Perform all combustion tests including: draft testing, CQ2 test, smoke testing, and stack temperature
How and why you skim a steam boiler
Identify the most common fuel problems and how to correct them.
Problems that arise in the electrical and/or fuel systems can affect combustion. Identify the causes that may prevent or affect proper combustion in a boiler
Understand the importance of oil pressure and pump vacuum
Perform troubleshooting for combustion problems
Class is 8 Hours credit
The course is design to increase the awareness of attendees of the importance of the correct boiler insulation, including piping both near boiler and heating runs to radiators, the class has information of value to both journeyman and master in that it has sizing information for piping and venting also designing information on loop system and zoning
