This green box is next to the hot water heater in my basement. Any idea what it does and what the difference between the auto and manual settings are?
>>2976101Looks like an automatic irrigator/plant waterer. Where that tube go?
>>2976103Here I'll post some more pics
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>>2976103Last one
>>2976103well one more
>>2976101Can you take a picture of the back? Anyway to take the green cover off?Where does the pipe go after the ceiling?
>>2976128okay i'll try to. as far as the pipe, it goes to an external water faucet on the exterior of the house.
>>2976101>hot water heaterIf the water is already hot, why does it need to be heated?Looks like an automatic water heater shutoff valve. A company called Taco makes some that use a similar color. Maybe it is an older version of that. Weil-McLain makes boilers. Did the place have a hot tub connected to that outside faucet at some point?
>>2976137>>2976130>>2976128>>2976103>>2976101You are -ALL- morons.It's a ZONE VALVEIt's part of the home heating system as part of the boiler.The green one and the silver one do the exact same thing, operate a mechanical controlled valve that will be connected to a thermostat.Do not touch it.There is never a reason for a homeowner to mess with it.
>>2976165> I’m a plumber, and I’m trying to drum up more business for my scammer brethren don’t touch your own propertyThat means: touch the fuck out of it, and save yourself the $2600 “plumber needs a new porsche” fee.
>>2976165OP here. Thanks, that makes the most sense. I think I was actually wrong earlier in the thread about where the pipe in the ceiling leads. The pipe actually I think leads to pipes in the baseboard heaters for the upstairs area of the house to keep it warm. So it makes sense that it is indeed a zone valve, since the wall thermostat upstairs most likely interacts with that zone valve to have hot water heat the upstairs house via the baseboards. (like if i increase the ambient temperature upstairs from 67 degrees to 70 degrees on the thermostat, it knows to kick on)
It is a valve for your baseboard heating.
>>2976165>>2976201>valve Mine is a valve and pump combo. Looks like op has a separate pump (black in 5th pic).What's the silver box and pipe running parallel to the green valve? A bypass maybe in case it breaks?
>>2976440Same fag. Not disagreeing or anything just trying to understand the ops system. >>2976180Tracing pipes and wires is comfy
>>2976440OP here. Honestly I have no idea! I'm very new to this stuff and still learning. If there's any other areas you want me to take photos of just lmk, I can. The water heater is to the left and that's pretty much it, it's a small simple setup.
>>2976587these people are all annoying, you should know what you have in your home. Both of these boxes are called zone valves, its consists of two parts, the powerhead and the valve body, when the power head is supplied with 24 volts AC it opens, opening the valve in the valve body allowing water to flow to the heating zone, it also has a switch only activated when the powerhead fully opens the valve, it completes a separate circuit to the boiler control to tell it to run and activate the circulator pump (all handled by the aquastat). The little lever on the bottom is to allow you to bypass the valve forcing it open to allow water to flow without a call from the thermostat, helpful if the powerhead shits the bed or your thermostat is dead in a pinch.
>>2976714Ah okay, so is the valve body the green box in my pics? And the powerhead is the black box?
>>2976734nah nah, the green box and the silver box are powerheads. the valve body is a part of the pipework the powerheads are attached too.
>>2976745I see thanks
