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Second Floor Much Warmer Than First FLoor.

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  • SteamingatMohawk
    SteamingatMohawk Member Posts: 1,062
    Vent Rite #1 can be totally shut off acccording to Gill/Pajek report. I don't know how true it is in practice.
  • SteamingatMohawk
    SteamingatMohawk Member Posts: 1,062
    There is a point at which more venting capacity has no effect. It becomes like an open pipe.

    @dabrakeman Do you know how much difference there would be if you had only 1 Gorton#2 on line? That's what I ended up with for my similar main.
  • SteamingatMohawk
    SteamingatMohawk Member Posts: 1,062
    In a moment of insanity, I calculated the pressure to lift a ping pong ball sitting on top of a NoM vent orifice. See the chart and calculations. If nothing else, it gives a perspective on weight vs. pressure for different openings.
  • dabrakeman
    dabrakeman Member Posts: 755
    @SteamingatMohawk
    I will have to add that to my to do list since I originally added the second Gorton 6 years ago back when my vents were located back at the boiler instead of end of mains, and there were other circumstances confounding.  What I do know right now is that with a cold system and cold pipes the time from steam getting to my header to the end of the main is less than 2 minutes.
  • dabrakeman
    dabrakeman Member Posts: 755
    40ft main

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