Radiator in the news. Lying news papers

Shame that newspapers and other media that spread lies as gospel are not held accountable for spewing lies to peddle their fake news stories


https://nypost.com/2016/12/08/baby-...were-sleeping-next-to-radiator-that-exploded/

 

I though you were an "expert witness" in that case.

 

I am and I said to the lawyer I am working for " It is not possible to have high pressure steam because the safety valve is set for 15 PSI and in most buildings we use less than 3 PSI and as low as 1/4PSI "

I think what did happen was the radiator valve was 1/2 way open which is wrong to do

A radiator valve should be fully open or fully closed to allow for condensate to drain back in a one pipe system

Because of trapped condensate there could have been hydraulic shock and the air vent was blown off BUT I personally don't think so

Some idiots remove the air vents to get the radiators hotter faster and once the steam starts spewing they panc