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Default Pinhole in 2" Steam pipe

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Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:09:18 -0800 (PST), Mikepier
wrote:


I always thought it was not a good idea to add anything to the boiler.
I even heard flushing out the boiler and adding new water is bad cause
it adds more oxygen, which means more corrosion.


I used a corrosion inhibitor in my hot water system, but can't speak
for residential steam boilers.
Since it's pretty new, you should check the manual.
You should replace that pipe ASAP.
If it breaks with somebody nearby it could kill them.
Guy I worked with got killed opening an overhead steam trap on a
depressurized line.
Just the water running out scalded him to death.
U.S. Steel, South Works.

--Vic




Residential steam heat boilers could burn someone but don't operate
at the pressures and temperatures that industrial systems do. Fatal injury
from a residential steam leak is extremely unlikely.
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Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Albert Einstein)

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