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how does the water flow through my radiator

dronic123
dronic123 Member Posts: 43
in THE MAIN WALL
I have a cast iron hot water radiator with the supply and return piped at the bottom of one end of the radiator. What path would the water take inside the radiator? And would the path cause the same heating pattern as shown in the recent post "flow through a cast iron radiator"?

Is this "twin" type of piping indicative of steam system in the past or perhaps water right from the original install?

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  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 10,952
    Do you have a picture? There are valves with a lance or scoop built in to allow supply and return to connect to one tapping of a radiator. It usually doesn't indicate a conversion, just that someone bought in to one of these products when they installed the system.
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,488
    Post a picture. Sounds like a hot water radiator. Some of them had special double flow fittings
  • dronic123
    dronic123 Member Posts: 43
    edited February 19
    I cant seem to add a picture easily
    https://imgur.com/a/ppHAbb3
    mattmia2
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 10,952
    Oh, that is interesting. It is a special radiator. Never seen one like that before with 2 tappings at the bottoms of one end.
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    hot_rod Member Posts: 23,398
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    You could watch that radiator warm up and see the flow path.
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    mattmia2
  • dronic123
    dronic123 Member Posts: 43
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    hot_rod Member Posts: 23,398
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  • dronic123
    dronic123 Member Posts: 43
    would perhaps one of the tubes be routed to the top and the return tube takes from the bottom---- originally in a gravity system?
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 10,952
    There may be a lance connected to one of the fittings but most likely it just circulates by convection within the radiator.
  • Grallert
    Grallert Member Posts: 780
    If it operates anything like a Single Entry Radiator Valve the supply side will have an extension tube inside the radiator, Maybe extending past the second section. I'm not sure how necessary this would be or is but that's my suspicion.
    Miss Hall's School service mechanic, greenhouse manager,teacher and dog walker

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