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I just built an addition on my home and need to make the boiler larger for additional rooms and a water heater

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I need to know where to set my heating temperatures at on the boiler. I just had a new Peerless oilburner installed. Coiless tank, WBV 30 I believe. The thing firs up every five minutes. I see that the high limit is 180 and the low is 130 but the low differential is 10. Should the high be more like 160 and the LDF be at 30?

It depends on how the control is being used and how it is wired. Sometimes they don’t work like you may think they do.
Go to this page: http://customer.honeywell.com/Business/Cultures/en-US/Default.htm

On the bottom right of page, plug in the model # of the control (I’m assuming it is a L6081A) and hit search. You should find a PDF with instructions on your control. It may not be wired as a low limit circ control. It can be wired multiple ways.

Also, the circulator may be dirty and not moving the flow it should and causing the short cycling.
An incorrect setting on your wall thermostat heat anticipator will also cause short cycling (usually on mercury type)

I have had plumbers come in One found a leak in one radiator but that did not solve the problem I still need to fill the water almost everyday

You might still have a leak somewhere in the system or your back flow prevent valve might be shot.Why are you filling it yourself? It should fill automatically from your existing plumbing.Are you bleeding each radiator after filling? You have to go round the system and bleed the air out at each radiator,possibly several times.Also bleed the boiler.