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Vent Rite Vent #1

steaminboston
steaminboston Member Posts: 34
in Strictly Steam
I recently bought 12 new Vent Rite #1's for my radiators to replace the 12 I bought 20 years ago. When installing, I could hear them "catching" the threads....when I backed them out, they were turned 90 degrees or upside down and appeared in some cases to actually block flow from the vent. I also noticed the tongues are slightly wider that the originals.
I have a 1 year old Burnham PIN6 with an insulated dropped header (pretty dry steam).....any opinions if it would be ok just to remove the tongues? (Happened on 6 out of the 12)
Thanks

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  • Fred
    Fred Member Posts: 8,541
    You don't want to remove the tongues. That tongue allows the condensate that accumulates in the vent to drip back into the radiator. You can clip them back a little but make sure the tongue still drips past the bottom of the vent. Your best bet is to wrap the threads of the vent with a couple wraps of teflon tape. That will tighten up the connection to the radiator and prevent the tongue from going as far into the radiator.
  • steaminboston
    steaminboston Member Posts: 34
    Ok thanks Fred...I did use teflon tape and thought about slightly trimming the edges to make them slightly skinnier or like you said, trim the end...not sure why they widened them...suppose I could also use the old tongues from the existing ones too
    Thanks

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