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Finally...a Skim Port (picture).

AdmiralYoda Member Posts: 725

December 2020 in Strictly Steam

My 37 year old pressure relief valve was installed horizontally (wrong) and all gunked up.

Installed a new one and put a proper skim port on it while I was at it.

Watcha think?

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  ethicalpaul Member Posts: 7,821

  December 2020

  pretty good. I'd get rid of the elbow so you can see the gunk getting floated out and have a better idea of the flow rate

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  AdmiralYoda Member Posts: 725

  December 2020

  That's what the Tee to the left of the valve is for.  I can remove the plug on top to watch things float by.
  
  Also a convenient port for adding chemicals if needed.

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  ethicalpaul Member Posts: 7,821

  December 2020

  Yep, I saw it, the tee is good

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  New England SteamWorks Member Posts: 1,528

  December 2020

  One just needs a lot of patience to use a 3/4” skim port...

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