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Circulators or Zone Valves

Back in my rep days, half a lifetime ago, I sold Bell & Gossett circulators. We didn’t have a viable zone valve available at the time, and when the factory finally showed...

Published on 01/25/2023 1:02 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
A Circulator Is Not A Pump

A bicycle pump is a pump. So is an oil pump on an oil burner. When those machines start, you expect to get a pressure on the outlet side of the pump that’s greater than t...

Published on 07/29/2019 11:44 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
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How to Size Circulators

In 1970, I went to work for a manufacturers rep on the Isle of Long and I fell in love with hydronics. We sold Bell & Gossett and one of the elder salesmen took me aside ...

Published on 06/18/2014 11:04 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating