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- noun A
device thatautomatically responds tochanges intemperature of a liquid, typically water in a domestic hot water heating system, byactivating aheating orcooling system tomaintain the temperature of the liquid at a desiredsetting .
Etymologies
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Examples
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- On the hot water return pipe that the water continues to flow through there is an aquastat which is set to 130 degrees, once the aquastat senses that the water has reached 130 degrees it will break the current to the pump and therefore there will won't be any flow of water over the flow sensor.
CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries TMASCO 2010
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- On the hot water return pipe that the water continues to flow through there is an aquastat which is set to 130 degrees, once the aquastat senses that the water has reached 130 degrees it will break the current to the pump and therefore there will won't be any flow of water over the flow sensor.
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For best operation the deadband (differential) of the aquastat probably should be around
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A lot of residential heaters have an aquastat labeled cold, normal, hot, these normally refer to 100°F, 120/130°F and 140°F.
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For best operation the deadband (differential) of the aquastat probably should be around
CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries TMASCO 2010
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However, give this a thought: Put the aquastat just after the circulating hot water line passes the last usage point, at the beginning of the return loop.
CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries TMASCO 2010
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The 'knob' you're turning up is an aquastat that controls in the water temperature in your tank.
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A lot of residential heaters have an aquastat labeled cold, normal, hot, these normally refer to 100°F, 120/130°F and 140°F.
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For cast iron boilers in multi-zone hot water systems, reset controls (lower control in Figure 2) that directly vary water temperature as a function of outdoor temperature can outperform systems that operate on a constant temperature aquastat.
CSE - Top Articles 2010
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The 'knob' you're turning up is an aquastat that controls in the water temperature in your tank.
bilby commented on the word aquastat
These things are probably quite common yet it's the first time I've heard this word.
March 21, 2024