A related question? Would a cap that is not seating all the way behave
like that?
It wouldn't be pressurizing the radiator. My new Q-H cap from England
is 1/32" too short and does not compress and therefore leaks. I haven't
had it running in hot weather yet. Just a thought.
Dave
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Ron Soave wrote:
> 14.7 + 7 = 21.7. Your cap boils early.
>
> --- Gregory_Schulz@mil-elect-tool.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > All I know is: with a new 7 psi radiator cap,
> > my 948 boils over into my catch tank @ 220-
> > 225 F. Where do I fit on that chart?
> >
> > Greg
> > '58 Bugeye (vintage)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com> on 06/07/99 07:46:04
> > AM
> >
> > Please respond to Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
> >
> > To: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>, Sprite
> > Mailing List
> > <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > cc: (bcc: Gregory Schulz/MED/IT/ATLAS COPCO)
> >
> > Subject: Re: overheating water temp
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Don't know how to calculate the increase in
> > boiling
> > > point from the
> > > pressurization, though.
> >
> > I do - steam tables. For 0 to 10 psig (rounded to
> > nearest deg F):
> > 14.7 psia = 212 F
> > 15.7 psia = 215 F
> > 16.7 psia = 219 F
> > 17.7 psia = 221 F
> > 18.7 psia = 225 F
> > 19.7 psia = 227 F
> > 20.7 psia = 230 F
> > 21.7 psia = 233 F
> > 22.7 psia = 235 F
> > 23.7 psia = 237 F
> > 24.7 psia = 239 F
> >
> > Hope it helps. The tables should be online
> > somewhere. These were from
> > 1997 Ashrae manual.
> >
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