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Today's Kodak Moment: Uhhhh, Beavis- will these vents work?

Steamhead
Steamhead Member Posts: 17,314
edited December 2016 in Strictly Steam
Looked at this steam system today. Someone had replaced the main vents in the not-too-distant past.............



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  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,314
    edited December 2016
    These were relatively short mains, so I installed Gorton #1s and added a riser to the one that didn't have it. It vents much more quickly now and doesn't leak steam.




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  • kcopp
    kcopp Member Posts: 4,462
    Well yes that is silly... but at least they knew a vent needed to be there and didn't just plug it.
  • Solid_Fuel_Man
    Solid_Fuel_Man Member Posts: 2,646
    Those auto vents let all the air out till water reached them right..... :p
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  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,314
    edited December 2016
    Solid_Fuel_Man said:

    Those auto vents let all the air out till water reached them right..... :p

    Both the air AND the steam.
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  • Solid_Fuel_Man
    Solid_Fuel_Man Member Posts: 2,646
    The steam has to get out so it can heat the area right?
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  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,314
    That must be it... huh-huh.... huh-huh.... huh-huh >:)
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