Fill Valve

Dan Foley

My friend Doug A. sent this to me today.

- DF

kcopp

As Dan H says... " you cant make this stuff up!"

Dan Foley

That's a 30 psi fill valve.

- DF

Mark Eatherton

It'sa pressure activated bypass with backflow prevention dontchaknow.... :-) Hi Dan.

Hat, technically speaking it IS a PRV... Different meanings to different peeps. Which is why I avoid the use of those particular initials. Too many potential meanings...

Harvey Ramer

I once saw a picture of the relief valve discharge piped into the expansion tank.

#equallydope

Harvey Ramer

Those solder joints... Like snot running out of a kid's nose on a cold winter day.

Whoever did this work should go take a nap or something.

JUGHNE

I have seen several pressure relief valves for boilers and water heaters piped into a pipe PLUG. (I'm sure others have also witnessed this......"damn cheap valve/fitting that leaks, we will fix this.....see no more dripping!!")

4Johnpipe

Brilliant! WTH!?!

ChrisJ

Harvey Ramer said:

Those solder joints... Like snot running out of a kid's nose on a cold winter day.

Whoever did this work should go take a nap or something.

I also like the mess of pipe dope, some smeared on the side of the valve etc.

Rich_49

Good news is the system will be full . Bad news is the system will be full . LMFAO

ChrisJ

Rich said:

Good news is the system will be full . Bad news is the system will be full . LMFAO

Shame just as many HW systems are being messed up by "knuckleheads" as steam.

Rich_49

This is what happens when your counterman is smarter than you or you count on him telling you what you need . Another option is , You're just STUPID

ChrisJ

Rich said:

This is what happens when your counterman is smarter than you or you count on him telling you what you need . Another option is , You're just STUPID

Not knowing how to work on a boiler doesn't make a person stupid any more than knowing how to work on one makes a person smart.

It just means they had no business working on the boiler.

Rich_49

Putting a pressure relief valve on a boiler thinking it is a pressure reducing valve and working on a boiler knowing that you have no clue are both STUPID .
Let's not mince words here or give PC lessons Chris , I do not require such . If that was not your goal I apologize but the attempt at political correctness and coddling idiots has never , will never work . My only hope is that the fool that did this comes across this thread .
Maybe I only speak for myself but I learned much more being told I was a **** than when someone told me I was a good boy and don't do that again . Just like many creatures learn from pain , if it don't hurt , lessons usually are not learned .

ChrisJ

Rich said:

Putting a pressure relief valve on a boiler thinking it is a pressure reducing valve and working on a boiler knowing that you have no clue are both STUPID .
Let's not mince words here or give PC lessons Chris , I do not require such . If that was not your goal I apologize but the attempt at political correctness and coddling idiots has never , will never work . My only hope is that the fool that did this comes across this thread .
Maybe I only speak for myself but I learned much more being told I was a **** than when someone told me I was a good boy and don't do that again . Just like many creatures learn from pain , if it don't hurt , lessons usually are not learned .

No, I wasn't giving PC lessons, I was being realistic Rich.
Giving you lessons on PC would be the definition of futile.

Rich_49

I guess that would depend on one's definition of realistic . Our country for instance has become quite PC , now look at all the worries we have from all angles . Oh well . Politically correct should have been left in the laps of politicians and not society . It is PC that makes politicians , politicians after all . Guess we are all just full of crap now and as bad as them . Futile would be an accurate word .

j a_2

I agree that installer is stupid....Pretty much page one or two of all boiler manuals says IMPROPER installation can cause death....Jesus if that's not making it clear enough that you need to read and follow the manual I don't know what else is....Oh dear Mr. Handy man, please stick to fixing door knobs

Harvey Ramer

http://armyphotos.togetherweserved.com/439595.jpg


I know, I saw it right away too....
No safety glasses or hearing protection.




And I caught something else that is really important~ He has no gloves on.

hot_rod

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hot_rod

He did make a nice clean transition with the 3/4 X 1/2 c-male adapter. That took some forethought.

hvacplumber7

You have to kinda wonder, if when this guy was putting this togather. Was he thinking that the manufacturer is so stupid for not making a pressure reducing valve that pipes straight through instead of at a right angle.
If you have to question why it seams like things are going togather hard. It's probably not going togather right.

j a_2

Please tell me wasn't a plumber..who installed that...And it was just some kind of wannabe plumber.....

ChrisJ

j a said:

Please tell me wasn't a plumber..who installed that...And it was just some kind of wannabe plumber.....

Bet it was an actual plumber.
Probably licensed in Massachusetts.

j a_2

Yup I think so , but came from the New York New Jersey area where he got all his training..figured he would come up here and show us what we have been doing so wrong for so many years...I hear he is leaving soon, heading to JAIL...lol