Win a few, lose few- cheap Jacobus knockoff edition
I decided to throw caution to the wind and ordered a 6 pack of cheap vents from Amazon for $73 despite the reviews that some were bad out of the box. In my case 3 were bad! I tested by just blowing through them. But when I went to return them, they offered me $40 back instead, and keep what I had.
Now, these vents each came with 5 orifices. It always frustrated me that you could not just order a bag of these. Now, for $33 I got 3 vents that may work for while and 30 orifices! Seemed like a worthwhile deal just for the orifices at $1 each, I have 14 rads and a lot of balancing to do. Now I'll never be cursing that I don't have the right one, or be having to drill one out.
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you can buy the orifices, just a pack of all of them, not all one size. also there is an adjustable vent. $15 for a real vent costs a lot less than rotting out a boiler because no one noticed the cheap one wasn't holding and no one noticed the auto feeder was doing a lot of feeding.
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https://www.supplyhouse.com/Jacobus-Maid-O-Mist-0220-5L-1-8-Adjustable-Angle-Steam-Vent-Valve-Kit
$18 for the vent with all 5 orifices.
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But I don't need all new vents, I really needed a supply of orifices, and now I have them much cheaper than I could have just bought them separately, they're $16.58 for a set of five at supplyhouse.
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you might as well get the vent, it is essentially the same price. also can drill them out or solder them up and drill them out.the pricing of just the orifices doesn't make sense.
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No, the pricing doesn't make sense. But I am really all set right now.
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