Bathroom steam air vent

mmc239

What would be a good replacement air vent for my bathroom. My current vent is a vertical Varivalve the girgals and hisses. It spits a little water out too. 

BobC

That's a Sunrad and those produce a lot of condensate for their size, being such a small radiator it's probably piped with a small pipe. That VariValve looks like it's wide open and that means it's venting very fast. the condensate is fighting with the steam over who gets to use the pipe. Varivalves are aggressive vents and in the wrong places can be a problem. Try turning that vent down to 1/4 or less and see if that helps.

I have a slightly larger Sunrad and i use a Maid O mist #5 on it and it's quiet as a mouse

mmc239

Thanks. Any setting I put it to it spits water and makes noise 

neilc

how are things down in the boiler room?
pressure staying low? under 1.5?
pigtail checked for free breathing back to the boiler?
main venting functional ?

mmc239

This is at the boiler

neilc

If I'm seeing that right,
the Ptrol is set to 2psi cut in,
what does the gage go up to when firing?

dial the Ptrol down to its lowest setting,
and what is there for differential? the cut out difference?

ideally you want to stay under 2 psi,
1 1/2 is even better,
as low as you can go,

Long Beach Ed

A slower vent should stop your problem, assuming the pitch and pipe sizing are correct. As BobC said, the fast vent is causing copious amounts of condensate to form quickly which fights with the opposing steam in the runout. Sow it down with a smaller vent. Try a Gorton #5.