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Timco
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This should be fun for the apprentices & old timers. Post a fun, obscure trivia question and see if anyone gets it...How about:
When does a hot water system have a sight glass?
When does a hot water system have a sight glass?
Just a guy running some pipes.
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Uh,
When someone forgot to shut the fill valve on the steam boiler?0 -
Wrong, NEXT...Just a guy running some pipes.0 -
an old gravity system sans an expansion tank
with a tank and guage glass in attic - seen them. Also, a solar hw system with drainback? Mad Dog
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you are very wise, Mad Dog...old gravity system was the answer we were looking for.
How fast does steam travel through a 3" pipe at 1psi? What temp is it?
Any other stumpers?
Tim
Just a guy running some pipes.0 -
I think I know this!
Something like 55 feet per second. Real fast!
Temperature...I dunno, maybe 215, 220?
What do I win??? A book contract and the millions that go along with it?
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Speed of steam
Steam travels at zero speed unless there is a pressure differential or driving force. Temp is 215 F if the one psi is gauge pressure.0 -
I like
Brads answer better hahahahah
See, thats called love Brad
Scott
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How much,,,
wood can a woodchuck chuck into his woodstove on a 3* January morning?0 -
None
if all the doors are closed.0 -
Correct!
But why are the doors closed?0 -
It's cold outside0
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