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

Clanking radiator expansion...
 

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
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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?
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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.

Clanking radiator expansion...
 

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.

Clanking radiator expansion...
 

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

Clanking radiator expansion...
 

(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 ? ;-)
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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!

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Roger Hayter

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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!
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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.

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Roger Hayter

Clanking radiator expansion...
 

Jim K.. 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?

I agree. I'd start with something like nylatron 66 and make some bearers
to fit the brackets.

Clanking radiator expansion...
 

in article ,
"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.

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Andrew Gabriel
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Clanking radiator expansion...
 

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?

Clanking radiator expansion...
 

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


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The bottom of the radiator is not very hot.Especially on the seams

Clanking radiator expansion...
 

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


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The bottom of the radiator is not very hot.Especially on the seams


The brackets aren't at the bottom of the rad...
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In article ,
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.

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Andrew Gabriel
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