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Mobile View HEATING SYSTEMS AGE of HEAT PUMPS AGE of HEATERS, BOILERS, FURNACES AIR FILTERS for HVAC SYSTEMS OPTIMUM INDOOR AIR FILTERS CONTINUOUS BLOWER FAN OPERATION AIR FILTER EFFECTIVENESS FIBERGLASS & AIR FILTERS SOURCES FOR AIR FILTERS AIRBOUND HEAT SYSTEM REPAIRS ANODES & DIP TUBES on WATER HEATERS ANTI SCALD VALVES APPLIANCE EFFICIENCY RATINGS ASBESTOS in BUILDINGS BACKFLOW PREVENTERS BACKUP HEAT for HEAT PUMPS BAROMETRIC DAMPERS BLOWER DOORS & AIR INFILTRATION BLUERAY Recall BOILERS, HEATING BOILER CONTROLS & SWITCHES BOILER LEAKS CORROSION STAINS BOILER OPERATING PROBLEMS Types of Boiler Defects Air-bound radiators, baseboards, boilers Diagnose Loss of Heat Diagnose Oil Heat Noises Evaluate Heating Boiler Leaks COMBUSTION AIR DEFECTS Heating Malfunctions & Implications Heating Defects & Implications BOILER PARTS LIST Air Bleeder Valves Air Separator Purge Valves Aquastat Functions Cad Cell Relay Switch Flame Sensors Circulator Pumps & Relays Draft Regulators, Barometric Dampers Expansion Tanks Gauges on Heating Equipment Limit Switches, Boilers Low Water Cutoff Valves, Boilers Mixing Valves Pressure Gauges, Boilers Relief Valves - TP Valves Reset Switch - Primary Control Reset Switch - electric motors Spill Switches Stack Relay Switch Thermostats Water Feeder Valves, Hydronic Boiler Zone Valves BOILER LEAKS CORROSION STAINS BOILER NOISE SMOKE ODORS BOILER OPERATING PROBLEMS BOILER OPERATION DETAILS BOILER PARTS LIST CARBON MONOXIDE/DIOXIDE CARBON MONOXIDE WARNING CHIMNEY INSPECTION DIAGNOSIS REPAIR CHIMNEYS & Flues - Asbestos Transite Pipe COOL OFF HEAT Thermostat Switch COMBUSTION AIR COMBUSTION AIR for TIGHT BUILDINGS COMBUSTION GASES & PARTICLE HAZARDS COMBUSTION PRODUCTS & IAQ DEFINITION of Heating & Cooling Terms DRAFT HOODS - gas fired DRAFT REGULATORS, DAMPERS, BOOSTERS Purpose of Barometric Draft Regulator Measure Draft Barometric Damper Defect List How to Inspect a Barometric Damper Automatic Vent Dampers Define flue damper, duct damper, & fire damper Draft Inducer Fans DUCT SYSTEMS DUCT SYSTEM DEFECTS DUCT & AIR HANDLER ODORS DUCT INSULATION - Asbestos Paper DUCTS - Asbestos Transite Pipe DUST FROM HVAC? 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This article provides documents that explain and translate all of the data found on information tags and stickers used on heating & heat pump equipment, including equipment age, heating capacity, electrical requirements, and operating characteristics. Readers who need to determine the age of other mechanical equipment in buildings should also see AGE of AIR CONDITIONERS & HEAT PUMPS and for water heaters, see AGE of WATER HEATERS.This website answers most questions about all types of heating systems and gives important inspection, safety, and repair advice. If you don't know what kind of heat your building uses, see our introduction at BOILERS, HEATING. If your heating system is not working properly, see NO HEAT - BOILER / FURNACE DIAGNOSIS. Criticism and content suggestions are invited from heating service technicians, home inspectors, and home owners. © Copyright 2010 Daniel Friedman, All Rights Reserved. Information Accuracy & Bias Pledge is at below-left. Use links at the left of each page to navigate this document or to view other topics at this website. Green links show where you are in our document or website. Heating System Equipment Age - Reading the Data TagsWe provide two excellent sources for de-coding the data tag information on heating equipment. Free Online HVAC Equipment Data Tag Decoder
LeMarr's document provides decoding data for the following manufacturers: Ambassador water heaters, American water heaters, ACE water heaters, A.O.Smith water heaters, Apollo, Aqua Temp, Aqua Therm, Best water heaters, Bosch water heaters, Bradford White, Cafos, Champion, Crosley, Energy Saver, Envirotemp water heaters, GE water heaters, Glascote water heaters, Golden Knight water heaters, GSW, Hotpoint water heaters, JC Penny, Jetglas, JW or John Wood, Kenmore water heaters (Sears Brand), Lochinvar, Lowes, Mainstream, Maytag water heaters, Montgomery Wards, Knight, PermGlas, Reliance water heaters, Revere, Rheem water heaters, Rheem/Rudd/Richmond water heaters, Rinnai, Security, Shamrock water heaters, Standard water heaters, State/Reliance/Sears brand water heaters, Thermo-King, Vanguard water heaters, US Craftsmaster, US Water Heaters, and Whirlpool water heaters. Technical Reference Provides Most Extensive HVAC Equipment Data Tag Decoding & Other Information
Aaon, Inc., Ack-O-Matic ,Aero Burners, Aero Environmental, Airco, Airtemp and Tempmatic, Aitons' Equipment - APCO, Allanson Transformers, Amalgamated Electric, Amana, American Standard, American Standard Water Heater Group, Amtrol, Anthes, APCO, ARCO Air, Arkla Industries, Armstrong Air Conditioning Co., S.A. Armstrong, Baltimore Aircoil of Canada, Bard, Bell & Gossett, Borg-Warner, Bradford White, Bristol Compressors, Bryant manufacturing Co. of Indianapolis, Buffalo Package Equipment, Bulloch, Burke Water System Industries, Burnham Corporation, Canadian Tire Corporation, Carlyle Compressor Company, Carrier, Chromalox Canada, Chrysler, Clare Brothers, Clare Mega Save, Clare HECLA, Clawsey-Sohrt Manufacturing Co., Climate Control Products, Climate Master, Climatrol, Coleman, Comfort Aire, Copeland, Copelaweld Compressors, Crane, Davie Environmental Equipment, Day-Nite, DMO Industries, Ducane Heating Division, Dunham Bush, Duomatic, Economite, Elect-Aire, Electric Apparatus COmpany, Elliot, Emerson Electric Company, Enmar Enmar Systems, Envirotron, Esso, Evcon Industries, F.P. Industries, Fairbanks Morse, Fedders, Fess, Findlays Limited, Flamemaster, Fleetline, Florida Heat Pump Manufacturing, FMC Corporation, FP Industries, Franklin Electric Company, Frick, Friedrich, Frigidaire, Frigiking, Fuel Master Burners, G.M.L. Manufacturing, GSW Inc., Galais Manufacturer, Galaxy Boilers, General Controls (ITT), General Electric, Gilbarco, Gilbert and Barker, Goettl, Good Cheer, Goodman, Grimsby Stove and Furnace Ltd., Heat Controller Inc., Heil, Hill York, Hitachi, Homart, Honeywell, Howard Furnace and Boilers, Howell Electric Motors Company, Hydrotherm Inc., I.C. Burners, ITT, Inglis, Inter City Gas (I.C.G.), International, International Comfort Products, Intertherm, Iron Fireman, Janitrol Heating and Air Cooling Conditioning, John Wood Co., Johnson Air Ease, Keeprite, kenmore, Koldwave, Kool-Fire, LG, The Arthur S. Leitch Co., Lennox Industries, Lincoln, Louis Allis Company, Luxaire, Magic Chef Air Conditioning Co., Mgnatec, Marathon Electric, Marcus Transformer, Marley Cooling Tower, Marvair, McLary, McQuay International, Mestek, Metzger, Metropolitan Oil and Gas Industries, Mid Continent Metal Products Co., Miller, Mitsubishi, Modine, Mueller, N'Furno, Nordyne, Norseman Boilers, Oakwood Iron Works (OIW), Olsen, Payne, Pendell Boiler Ltd., Philco, Powermatic, Precision Boilers, Preston, Pyreco, Raypak or Raypak, RBI Water Heaters, Refcan, Reznor ITT, Rheem, Roberts Gordon, RUUD, Sanyo, SJC Corporation, Scarboro Pump Manufacturing Co., Sears, Sears Roebuck, Severn Boiler, Simpsons-Sears, Shell, Singer, Slant Fin Ltd., A.O. Smith, H.B. Smith Co., Smith Boilers, Snyder General Corp., Spacepak, Spencer Boilers, State Industries, Sterling HVAC Products, Sun Dial Manufacturing Inc., Sunscan Compressors, TACO (Canada), TACO, Tappan, TECO, Techumseh Compressors, Teledyne Laars, Tempmatic, Temprite, Tempstar, Thermo Pride, Trane, Typhoon, Unitary Products, viessman, Viking, Warden King, Water Furnace, Watts Regulator Co., Weben jarco, Weil-McLain, Westinghouse, Whirlpool, White-Rodgers, Wood, Worthington Air Coils Ltd., York - Borg Warner. Heating Equipment as Indicators of Building Age
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