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Classic Hydronics Seminar

In this all-technical three-hour seminar, Dan Holohan will give you a Liberal Arts education in those Classic Hydronics systems. He’ll have you seeing inside the pipes as...

Published on 11/04/2024 1:30 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
Eureka: An Early Diverter Tee

In 1897, Eureka made an early version of what we now call the diverter tee. It worked by creating a drop in pressure along its run, which encouraged the water to flow int...

Published on 11/20/2019 12:08 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
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The O-S Fitting

I was looking at a photograph of Crosley Field, a grand, Cincinnati, Ohio baseball stadium that burned to the ground in 1900. The men in the photo are wearing derbies and...

Published on 10/20/2014 3:40 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
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Diverter-Tee Q&A

Q: What's the principle of the diverter-tee system? A: This system lets you supply hot water to a radiator and return cooler water from the same radiator by using a singl...

Published on 06/18/2014 3:24 PM by Dan Holohan
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A Different Way to Pipe

I was raised by Bell & Gossett and gobbled up the writings of the late, great Gil Carlson for a lot of years. I learned about Monoflo systems and primary-secondary pumpin...

Published on 06/17/2014 3:22 PM
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