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straight, adjustable steam air vents for old steel convector radiators

Don10000
Don10000 Member Posts: 21
in Strictly Steam
Can anyone suggest a good, straight, adjustable steam air vents for old steel convector radiators? The Ventrite #51's I have work great and wanted to get more but Ventrite no longer makes straight adjustable. Can anyone recommend anything similar? Looking to balance the system so needs to be adjustable.

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  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 9,717
    edited March 2022
    Have you considered this angle to straight steam vent adaptor?

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

  • Hap_Hazzard
    Hap_Hazzard Member Posts: 2,846
    I think the Dole 1933 SV is ⅛" straight and adjustable, but I doubt you'll find one of those either. USAV makes a ⅛" straight vent and a ⅛" adjustable vent, but I don't know if they make a ⅛" straight adjustable vent, but they're not very good vents anyway.

    Most of us manage to blance our systems with fixed vents. Maid-o-Mist vents come in ⅛" straight and have interchangeable vent ports. Someone said they even make an adjustable port, but I've never seen one.
    Just another DIYer | King of Prussia, PA
    1983(?) Peerless G-561-W-S | 3" drop header, CG400-1090, VXT-24
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 11,145
    I bet you could make an adjustable vent for a Maid-O-Mist with a needle valve.
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,490
    Try a Hoffman #1B:

    https://www.statesupply.com/hk1007
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  • Hap_Hazzard
    Hap_Hazzard Member Posts: 2,846
    Steamhead said:

    Try a Hoffman #1B:

    https://www.statesupply.com/hk1007

    That's a ¼" vent. Make sure that's what you want.
    Just another DIYer | King of Prussia, PA
    1983(?) Peerless G-561-W-S | 3" drop header, CG400-1090, VXT-24
  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 9,717
    edited March 2022
    EdTheHeaterMan said:

    Have you considered this angle to straight steam vent adaptor?

    C'mon, now this is too funny for a private message.


    I need to add this to the "Nearly Famous Quote"

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

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