Hi, I just bought a house (first time home buyer ) that has an oil burner with associated baseboard heating. I noticed today that the temperature of the house never gets below 68 F, even when the themostat is set to 58 (yes, it is cold out side and I do not have AC :-). I looked at the hemostat and it seemed that the mercury switch and the bimetallic strip were in good order. The baseboards were warm though. So I go and check the furnace/boiler unit and noticed that there is a honeywell zone valve that is not wired to anything and is set to manual. The house only has one zone (it is a small house :-)). This has lead me to a numbe of questions: Is a zone valve necessary for fuel efficiency in a one zone home? I suspect that the residual heating is coming from convection since the zone valve is never closing, right? So, is it easy to wire up the valve? I like a house that is cooler than 68F. Thanks

Amtrol model wh7l 41 gallon serial # s01105d4000000037 consistant problem with unit making hot water it is always cold. Have changed the smart control unit for the third time now. the unit goes on when at the low limit to run the curculater and turns off when the unit reaches the hi temp, but the water is still cold. I replaced the smart controller last night and had the same problem as before replacing. I woke up this morning with an idea and I removed the temp sensing probe wire that triggers the controller telleing the curculater to run, the wire has to connector plugs on it one is for the curculater and the other is used if for a zone control. I cut off the zone control plug and carefully removed the green and white wire from the sheeth that the wires are run through. Its hard to remove the wires because the wires are tightly wraped with the covering. I then took the sheeth that covers the remaining black and red wire for the curculater plug and slid the temperature sensor into the sheeth until it was flush with at the end of the sheeth. I inserted the wire into the boilermate temperture tube until it bottomed out and slide it back 3 inches and tightned the secure nut at the base so the wire would not move. I turned the power back on to the unit. I increased the temp to 135 Degrees and let it get to temp I HAVE HOT WATER. I reset the degrees that make the unit ask for the curculater to go back to zero. YES THE BEEPER WENT ON because the water temp says it is over 155 but the water at the faucet is not scolding. what else can be done to fix the unit. ????????? Rick Riccardi New Jersey