Not Really a Radiator Vent. What am I?
I was born in 1952. No, I'm not a steam radiator vent.
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Tiny steam trap?
Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.0 -
Nope. Not a steam trap.
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Vent for a Paul or other air-line system.
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Is that one of those thermostatic radiator vents that is sort of a trv and a vent all in one?
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Not a Paul, air line or vacuum vent/trap.
Not a TRV or any temperature-selecting radiator vent.
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@Long Beach Ed ok, don't keep us in suspense...
Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.0 -
I don't know, but want to guess …. vacuum breaker ?
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Salt shaker
Miss Hall's School service mechanic, greenhouse teacher, dog walker and designated driver
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Apache Peace pipe?
Bryant 245-8, 430k btu, 2-pipe steam in a 1930s 6-unit 1-story apt building in the NM mountains. 26 radiators 3800sqf
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But! but, but, but @Long Beach Ed ! it says vent right on the side of it! Doesn't it?
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It's a Maid-O-Mist No. 95 Auto-Vent Humidifier. 1952.
Screwed into your radiator's vent tapping, it shared the system's refreshing steam with you via an asbestos filter.
Here's a photo of the insides (with the asbestos filter removed) :
Here's a the Patent illustration of what's inside:
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The Boiler-Rotter 2000! Co-developed by US Boiler, Inc 😂
NJ Steam Homeowner.
See my sight glass boiler videos: https://bit.ly/3sZW1el
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A bad idea whose time has come… and gone, thank goodness! 😳
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Probably could get away withit with the huge chunks of iron they called boilers in those days.
Gonna have to take a hard pass on asbestos filtration though.
Trying to squeeze the best out of a Weil-McLain JB-5 running a 1912 1 pipe system.1 -
Cool find , I can see it now …
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mmmm, moist asbestos!
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If I had to choose…I'd prefer moist asbestos over the dry varieties!
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Was it "Kent" cigarettes that had the "Micronite" filter?
I recall cutting the filter apart and there was a small mini filter ahead of the standard filter. It was thought to be the finest imported asbestos available.
BTW, would have been dry.
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