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Clanking radiator expansion...
On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:05:28 UTC, JimK wrote:
ISTR ch radiator brackets come with some plastic "insulators" that the rad actual bears on, to presumably allow the expansion of the rad etc without the infernal clanking I've got on one of mine... Sources, proper names, good bodges, alternatives please? Cut a bit of insulation off electric cable and use that |
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ISTR ch radiator brackets come with some plastic "insulators" that
the rad actual bears on, to presumably allow the expansion of the rad etc without the infernal clanking I've got on one of mine... Sources, proper names, good bodges, alternatives please? TIA -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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harry Wrote in message:
On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:05:28 UTC, JimK wrote: ISTR ch radiator brackets come with some plastic "insulators" that the rad actual bears on, to presumably allow the expansion of the rad etc without the infernal clanking I've got on one of mine... Sources, proper names, good bodges, alternatives please? Cut a bit of insulation off electric cable and use that I can see that being cut through by the weight especially being warmed? -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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Clanking radiator expansion...
On 02/01/2019 17:05, Jim K.. wrote:
ISTR ch radiator brackets come with some plastic "insulators" that the rad actual bears on, to presumably allow the expansion of the rad etc without the infernal clanking I've got on one of mine... Sources, proper names, good bodges, alternatives please? TIA I will watch this with interest as I have some long rads with 3 brackets and the manufacturer (CenterRad) does not supply the plastic gizzmos. When the rads expand the 3 brackets almost guarantee a creak, clank or click from somewhere. When I moaned to the manufacturer they simply said their brackets and rads were designed to work without inserts and that they didn't make a noise. I regret having CenterRad radiators because other manufacturers still supply brackets that take inserts. |
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On 02/01/2019 17:18, Jim K.. wrote:
I can see that being cut through by the weight especially being warmed? Probably worth a try to see if it cures the problem and give you time to source something else. |
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Jim K.. wrote:
ISTR ch radiator brackets come with some plastic "insulators" that the rad actual bears on, to presumably allow the expansion of the rad etc without the infernal clanking I've got on one of mine... Sources, proper names, good bodges, alternatives please? TIA When the local branch of Travis Perkins supplied a hopelessly packed (by the manufacturer) Myson fan radiator it came with all the brackets and their mounting points slightly bent and the plasitc u-shaped inserts chewed up. As this was their second attempt (the first delivery had the main panels grossly bent) I agreed to straighten the brackets and mountings if they supplied the plastic inserts. By return (of 20 ton lorry!) I got a strip of five of them, still joined from the original injection process. So they are a freely available commodity, probably from plumbers' merchants, and probably not expensive. Also pretty standard I think. -- Roger Hayter |
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Jim K.. wrote:
(Roger Hayter) Wrote in message: Jim K.. wrote: ISTR ch radiator brackets come with some plastic "insulators" that the rad actual bears on, to presumably allow the expansion of the rad etc without the infernal clanking I've got on one of mine... Sources, proper names, good bodges, alternatives please? TIA When the local branch of Travis Perkins supplied a hopelessly packed (by the manufacturer) Myson fan radiator it came with all the brackets and their mounting points slightly bent and the plasitc u-shaped inserts chewed up. As this was their second attempt (the first delivery had the main panels grossly bent) I agreed to straighten the brackets and mountings if they supplied the plastic inserts. By return (of 20 ton lorry!) I got a strip of five of them, still joined from the original injection process. So they are a freely available commodity, probably from plumbers' merchants, and probably not expensive. Also pretty standard I think. No chance they just nicked them from another box then ? ;-) No, partly because they had none of them in local stock, but mainly because the radiator only had two, and these were at the joints between two hefty chunks of metal with packing surrounding them. I was only expecting two replacements! -- Roger Hayter |
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On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 17:05:25 +0000 (GMT+00:00), "Jim K.." wrote: ISTR ch radiator brackets come with some plastic "insulators" that the rad actual bears on, to presumably allow the expansion of the rad etc without the infernal clanking I've got on one of mine... Sources, proper names, good bodges, alternatives please? TIA These, on Ebay? https://tinyurl.com/y7m2k374 Aha! I'll check dimensions etc tomoz. Ta! -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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Jim K.. wrote:
Chris Hogg Wrote in message: On Wed, 2 Jan 2019 17:05:25 +0000 (GMT+00:00), "Jim K.." wrote: ISTR ch radiator brackets come with some plastic "insulators" that the rad actual bears on, to presumably allow the expansion of the rad etc without the infernal clanking I've got on one of mine... Sources, proper names, good bodges, alternatives please? TIA These, on Ebay? https://tinyurl.com/y7m2k374 Aha! I'll check dimensions etc tomoz. Ta! Those look just like my ones. -- Roger Hayter |
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harry Wrote in message: On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:05:28 UTC, JimK wrote: ISTR ch radiator brackets come with some plastic "insulators" that the rad actual bears on, to presumably allow the expansion of the rad etc without the infernal clanking I've got on one of mine... Sources, proper names, good bodges, alternatives please? Cut a bit of insulation off electric cable and use that I can see that being cut through by the weight especially being warmed? I agree. I'd start with something like nylatron 66 and make some bearers to fit the brackets. |
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"Jim K.." writes: harry Wrote in message: On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:05:28 UTC, JimK wrote: ISTR ch radiator brackets come with some plastic "insulators" that the rad actual bears on, to presumably allow the expansion of the rad etc without the infernal clanking I've got on one of mine... Sources, proper names, good bodges, alternatives please? Cut a bit of insulation off electric cable and use that I can see that being cut through by the weight especially being warmed? You can get gromet strip which is harder than PVC, and probably slides more easily. Try putting it on both the mating surfaces. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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On 02/01/2019 17:05, Jim K.. wrote:
bodges, alternatives please? *******ise* those things that cover the pins on a new 3 pin plug? *What's the point of those? |
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On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:18:47 UTC, JimK wrote:
harry Wrote in message: On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:05:28 UTC, JimK wrote: ISTR ch radiator brackets come with some plastic "insulators" that the rad actual bears on, to presumably allow the expansion of the rad etc without the infernal clanking I've got on one of mine... Sources, proper names, good bodges, alternatives please? Cut a bit of insulation off electric cable and use that I can see that being cut through by the weight especially being warmed? -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ The bottom of the radiator is not very hot.Especially on the seams |
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harry Wrote in message:
On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:18:47 UTC, JimK wrote: harry Wrote in message: On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:05:28 UTC, JimK wrote: ISTR ch radiator brackets come with some plastic "insulators" that the rad actual bears on, to presumably allow the expansion of the rad etc without the infernal clanking I've got on one of mine... Sources, proper names, good bodges, alternatives please? Cut a bit of insulation off electric cable and use that I can see that being cut through by the weight especially being warmed? -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ The bottom of the radiator is not very hot.Especially on the seams The brackets aren't at the bottom of the rad... -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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R D S writes: On 02/01/2019 17:05, Jim K.. wrote: bodges, alternatives please? *******ise* those things that cover the pins on a new 3 pin plug? *What's the point of those? To stop the plug pins scratching the appliance in transit. -- Andrew Gabriel [email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup] |
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