ControlTalk Now for the Week Ending April 21, 2013

April 22, 2013 by 2 Comments

CTA Awards Steering Committee is the sponsor for this week’s ControlTalk NOW. The extraordinary BB King Blues Club will be the site of the 2013 ControlTrends Awards. Located in NYC’s Time Square, this famous venue promises to enhance the excitement and entertainment of the CTA’s.

Connexx Energy: Get Your Energy Products into the Market with Connexx Energy Software and Control Systems. For all the ControlTrends Community members attending the Haystack Connect 2013, in Chattanooga, TN at the end of this month, make sure you visit the Lynxspring booth and learn more about Connexx. Connecting enterprise energy software and energy control systems has many [Read more...]

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ControlTalk Now for the Week Ending April 7, 2013

April 8, 2013 by 2 Comments

This episode of ControlTalk NOW is sponsored by DGLogik, the global leader in Visual Analytics. Visualize the Internet of Things with Drag and Drop Programming using DGLogik’s Affordable DGBox. Now YOU can Build Visually Stunning Applications and Dashboards without Code.

ControlTalk Rewind: Interview with Belimo’s Gary Weber, a proven distribution channel wizard. Also, review the Belimo ZIP Economizer and the 2012 CTA Commercial Product of the Year, the Belimo Energy Valve, as well as the MIT study on the energy savings.

Haystack Connect 2013: Connecting Community and Technology. This meeting is almost sold out. The automation control genies are out of the bottle and meeting in Tennessee. [Read more...]

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The Mystery of the Delphi: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

June 15, 2012 by 2 Comments

The Mystery of the Delphi

It was the oracle at Delphi that told Honeywell to build it, “build it and they will buy.” But the oracle was having a bad vision day.

GOOD: The idea of optimum efficiency is a golden fleece. Sobers up everyone in the room instantly. Instinctively, they inch forward in their seats. They’ve heard this odyssey a thousand times, but they still pay very close attention. The Delphi is a marketing muse and withstands the harshest scrutiny — with all her bells and whistles. But that’s where the siren ends. Delphi sinks and we don’t know why. [Read more...]

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What is Boiler Horsepower

November 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment

I have been asked over the years “What is a boiler horsepower” and what is the design criterion of square feet of heating surface per boiler horsepower.

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The Flame Safe Guard Programmer

November 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment

We have written many articles about flame safe guard controls on Control Trends but we have not really given an explanation on the basic principles of these controls.

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Principle of Fire Tube Boilers Part 1

November 9, 2011 by 4 Comments

Stromquist and Company does not sell fire tube boilers but we do sell a vast amount of controls for these boilers from manufactures such as Conbraco, Honeywell, Asco, McDonnell & Miller, Maxitrol, and numerous other control manufacturers. The understanding of these boilers is a major concern in our continuing efforts to keep our readers informed.

FIRE TUBE BOILERS:

In a fire tube steam boiler, heat and gases of combustion pass through the tube surrounded by water. Fire tube boilers steam boilers maybe either high or low pressure boilers. The three types of fire tube steam boilers are horizontal return tubular boiler, scotch marine boiler, and vertical fire tube boiler.

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The Correct Way To Do Boiler Bottom Blowdown

October 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Proper boiler blowdown is an essential part of firetube boiler operating proceedures. It is necessary to control the amount of TDS (total dissolved solids) in the boiler water.The total TDS should not exceed 3500 parts per million in a scotch marine boiler. If the blowdown is not controlled, excessive dissolved solids will have a tendency to increase and concentrate to a point that will cause a foaming or a carry over condition which will contaminate the  steam.

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Testo Instruments at CGNA Vendor Showcase

September 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment

We caught up with Testo’s Jim Burke at the CGNA Vendor showcase. Jim showed us some of the cool new instruments and meters that Testo brought to the HVAC market place. In this short video you can see [Read more...]

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Honeywell RM7800 Fault Codes

September 8, 2011 by 6 Comments

Fault codes are used on the Honeywell RM7800 series of boiler burner flame safeguard controls. These codes help the service technician identify problems that occur with the relay or the components that are wired to the relay.

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Bacharach Fyrite Insight Combustion Analyzer Start Up Video

August 30, 2011 by 1 Comment

Bacharach has been a leader in combustion analyzers and test instruments for over one hundred years. Check out this video on how to use the Bacharach Fyrite Insight combustion analyzer. [Read more...]

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