one pipe steam vent controls- water trapped

Posted by Gary on January 25, 2004 at 08:31:22:

A professional steam consultant advised me to throw away all me old vent controls and buy new ones. He said I'd much better luck balancing the system. I recently replaced all the vent controls in my system (15) with Hoffman 1A controls. Some seem to be defective, but I'm not sure. 1st, the control dial was a very poor fit, so the variable control of the air hole was essentially useless. 2nd, some of the vents condense water and shut down after a few days. I have to remove them and prou the water out. I don't think the thermostat is working properly in the valve.

Is this an accuate analysis? I'm considering removing all Hoffmans and replacing them with Vent-Rite controls, but before I do I thought I'd get some feedback.

Thanks,
Gary

Follow Ups:

• Elizabeth comments Elizabeth 19:28:06 5/20/2004 (0)
• FWIW, the round vents are better than the cylindrical ones IMHO ken 11:53:44 1/26/2004 (0)
• Re: one pipe steam vent controls- water trapped Harold hydronicnetwork.net 08:37:49 1/25/2004 (6)
  • Re: one pipe steam vent controls- water trapped Gary 09:10:34 1/25/2004 (5)
    • Re: one pipe steam vent controls- water trapped Harold hydronicnetwork.net 09:19:26 1/25/2004 (4)
      • Re: one pipe steam vent controls- water trapped Gary 09:33:38 1/25/2004 (3)
        • Re: one pipe steam vent controls- water trapped Harold hydronicnetwork.net 09:55:52 1/25/2004 (2)
          • Re: one pipe steam vent controls- water trapped R. Blaine 09:52:28 2/01/2004 (1)
            • Re: one pipe steam vent controls- water trapped J Hartland 17:25:14 3/30/2004 (0)

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