Have a radiator job to do, so I thought I'd ask the experts. I'm a 'DIY red neck' so be patient with me.
700 x 1400 radiator (horizontal) leak (from a rust spot on the base of radiator, not from valve) Leaking slowly - a small drip tray full per day. I have closed down the valves and the radiator remains cold when heating on elsewhere in house.
Therefore, no flow in or out ? If so, why when I open the bleed nut, to allow air in and force more water out through leak, does the jet of water shoot out of the bleed hole? Surely, the radiator is not under pressure, so why does the water shoot out? I would have thought the level would have dropped in the radiator to below bleed hole level. I just wanted it to reduce further by way of the leak If it is still under pressure, then I will be unable to release the nuts as the in-flow valve does not appear to have closed the flow. If the valve is still open, then why doesn't the radiator get hot like the others in the house? I'm puzzled.
Hope you experts can help or explain the law of physics.
Thanks
Keith
700 x 1400 radiator (horizontal) leak (from a rust spot on the base of radiator, not from valve) Leaking slowly - a small drip tray full per day. I have closed down the valves and the radiator remains cold when heating on elsewhere in house.
Therefore, no flow in or out ? If so, why when I open the bleed nut, to allow air in and force more water out through leak, does the jet of water shoot out of the bleed hole? Surely, the radiator is not under pressure, so why does the water shoot out? I would have thought the level would have dropped in the radiator to below bleed hole level. I just wanted it to reduce further by way of the leak If it is still under pressure, then I will be unable to release the nuts as the in-flow valve does not appear to have closed the flow. If the valve is still open, then why doesn't the radiator get hot like the others in the house? I'm puzzled.
Hope you experts can help or explain the law of physics.
Thanks
Keith