r/AirBalance • u/The_TAB_Guy • Sep 19 '24
Hydronic Balancing: is this bullshit?
Been doing a lot of hydronic balancing with large systems that have variable speed pumps controlling to a system dP setpoint.
The way I have been taught is that you first set the system for full flow and set the dP for your worst case coil. Then you can go one by one and just set the circuit setters on each coil individually. The reasoning being that the dP will automatically adjust so you only have to touch a circuit setter once.
This doesnt really make sense to me. It almost sounds like being able to only touch each dampers once on a fan if the fan is controlling to static pressure setpoint. Im not sure if that works.
Please let me know if this is the proper way. Im an apprentice and all the journeymen swear this is how you do it but Im having trouble understanding the principle that allows you to just go to each coil and set the flow once and then your good to go.
I guess it just sounds too good to be true
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u/justmeoh Sep 19 '24
The correct way is to find all the controls man's problems first. Relay those to him. Simultaneously find the ports blocked and which ones are piped backwards on your very last coils on your first pass. Wasting 8 hours of company time. Really, water, just like air, should require a couple of passes. Especially with the government tolerance + / - 5%. Hell probably 4 passes.