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FLIR video of new Barnes & Jones crossover steam trap installed.

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  • That's pretty cool.

    I love my FLIR. Mine is a fancy E4 but doesn't take video like the cell phone versions do.
    Peter Owens
    SteamIQ
    Gordo
  • Nice!
    Retired and loving it.
    Gordo
  • I want one
    Gordo
  • isn't it amazing how you can use a 200.00 flir on a camera and do a thermal video, yet their 4k E8 model cant do a video..crazy..very cool though, by the way!
    gwgillplumbingandheating.com
    Serving Cleveland's eastern suburbs from Cleveland Heights down to Cuyahoga Falls.

    Gordo
  • @gerry gill :You are so right! And thank you!

    Hydrolevel VXT Fanboy

  • Gordo
    edited March 2017
    Further info: What the video shows is a circa 1925 Hoffman Differential Loop controlled vapor system steam main heating up at approx. 2 oz/in2.

    The cross-over steam trap was a itsy-bitsy Hoffman #18 trap that had failed completely closed.

    As that main was relatively short, it got a new Barnes & Jones #122 installed by @Steamhead.

    The longer main got a 1/2" @Sailah special "big mouth" Barnes & Jones cross-over trap. The #18 Hoffman Steamhead replaced was failed mostly closed.

    Both mains heated up within a minute of each other.

    As that main terminated in a crawl space, it was harder to video.

    Hydrolevel VXT Fanboy