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Steam baseboard vent maintenance help

I'm unsure what kind of vent this is for a baseboard in a 1-pipe steam system. It looks like this and I haven't been able to find anything similar looking online.

Have suggestions or equivalent vent products to suggest to use in this setup?


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  • JUGHNE
    JUGHNE Member Posts: 11,042
    Show us the other end of the baseboard also, please.
  • zigloo99
    zigloo99 Member Posts: 5
    Here is the other side @JUGHNE


  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 23,161
    Unless I am sadly mistaken, that is a hygroscopic steam vent, similar to the Hoffman Model 508. I have no personal experience with them at all! But they are alleged to work -- and replacements are available on ebay, of all places.
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  • Big Ed_4
    Big Ed_4 Member Posts: 2,761
    It's an Maid of the Mist ...
    I have enough experience to know , that I dont know it all
  • Mike Cascio
    Mike Cascio Member Posts: 143
    Drill a small hole in the cover and install a straight convector vent with a coupler and nipple. Those hydroscopic vents are junk.
  • Big Ed_4
    Big Ed_4 Member Posts: 2,761
    But you want an very slow vent .. It's an single pipe iron base board ... They should be installed two pipe
    I have enough experience to know , that I dont know it all
  • Dave0176
    Dave0176 Member Posts: 1,177
    That is an old Hoffman No. 500 steam vent, for both hot water and steam believe it or not. Just replace it with a straight Gorton vent.
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  • Mike Cascio
    Mike Cascio Member Posts: 143
    Definitely not a case where something will work well with two different kinds of heating system.
  • Big Ed_4
    Big Ed_4 Member Posts: 2,761
    I think I would try again the #500 or #508 ... Better then an HeatTimer
    I have enough experience to know , that I dont know it all
  • zigloo99
    zigloo99 Member Posts: 5
    Thanks! I'm going to try the #508, for now, to see how it works out as it's cheap to test with.