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DIY Radiators anyone ?
Oct 11, 2008
26 Replies
Absolutely brilliant.
Looks like someones intestines !!!
Honestly, no, it doesn't. :-)
Until it leaks...
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember snipped-for-privacy@technologist.com saying something like:
Typical art student bodge, too - he could have used copper. If you inspect the inside you'll probably find a month-old sock.
Well thanks for that - I've just spent most of the morning exploring the site and still haven't finished!
Saved.
Mary
I'm waiting for those who'll say that the piping won't stand up to the temperatures ...
Mary
Have them throughout and you'd need a 1 kilowatt pump due to the resistance...
The piping won't stand up to the temperatures.
That's not strident, sneering or argumentative enough :-)
Mary
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And the noise of water flowing round the bends would drive *you* round the bend.
Huh! It was the best I could do. ;-)
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Why would there be any noise if there weren't any air in the system?
Mary
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OK. I'll give you 9/10 (in the Elementary class) You need to practise more to keep up with this group though :-))))
Mary
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I'm just a novice, Mary, but I will keep trying. ;-)
Because of turbulence and/or cavitation around those bends, I would expect. I've not done any sums though.
as long as the flow rate were kept down it should be ok. And I dont see speedy flow happening in such a design. But unless the tubing is very thin you're going to get air pockets.
NT
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