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Steam ghost
gcp13
Member Posts: 122
No heat call, removed radiator valve and
Found the steam about 10' away
Moving up an back in the pipe
Took a video
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ZNXihL_Sk&feature=em-upload_owner">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ZNXihL_Sk&feature=em-upload_owner</a>
Found the steam about 10' away
Moving up an back in the pipe
Took a video
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ZNXihL_Sk&feature=em-upload_owner">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ZNXihL_Sk&feature=em-upload_owner</a>
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Ghost
Who ya' gonna call?
Methinks that ghost has aa name,,,Wet Steam. Or maybe his brother, Sagging Main.0 -
Both
Yeh this boiler piping is a mess
The end of main comes back to the boiler an is
Back pitched before the main vents
Making them useless an causing the condensate
To back up the main0 -
Cool Video
Braver than I would be.0 -
Ugh
Oh no not Sagging main and Wet steam. I hate those guys.
Very cool video, thanks for sharing!Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.
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pulsing
That is a cool video. If you watch the vortexes being formed by the steam, they ebb and flow which may mean there is water in the main? Looks like a pulsing action. I recall Dan talking about this in TLAOSH with "waves of water" alternately and exposing the riser to steam. Or maybe just a ghost; that's cool, too.There was an error rendering this rich post.
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Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.
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10 ' from main
This was a ceiling radiator 10 ' from a 4" main
In the basement apt.while boiler was in high fire
Fire for an hour
Going to use a water level to check pitch
On main today and repipe drip return
Will skim boiler too0 -
Boiler leak
Found boiler leaking out the chimney
She's a leaker tried some boiler liquid no luck0 -
video
That video is incredible . . . Makes it all real just like the glass piping pics in Greening Stem :-)0
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