Radiator Auto Bleeder

[AlastairK]

http://www.nigelsecostore.com/acatalog/Radiator_Vent.html

Opinions required on the auto bleeder. Worth while?

 

[rjm2k]

Great for people who don't know how or why to bleed a rad, but for everyone else wouldn't it be better to identify WHY they need bleeding often enough for this to be worthwhile?

 

[muggles]

Absolutely not, you should instead be diagnosing why the radiator needs bleeding a lot. I would hazard a guess that the system is either drawing air in through an open vent, or corroding

 

[calorific]

Two observations other than the one already stated:

1/. If it does it's job, you might not become aware of a potential problem which needs fixing.

2/. Automatic things are more likely to break than manual things. You've only got to look on here for a few days before coming across a prv that continues to pass water due to it getting a bit of crud in it. When that happens, at least the water will be jettisoned externally. Imagine a bit of crud getting into an automatic venting valve on a radiator in a nicely decorated and carpeted room while you've gone away for a few days on holiday