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Radiators are heat exchangers used for cooling internal combustion engines, mainly in automobiles but also in piston-engined aircraft, railway locomotives, motorcycles, stationary generating plant or any similar use of such an engine.
Internal combustion engines are often cooled by circulating a liquid called engine coolant through the engine block, where it is heated, then through a radiator where it loses heat to the atmosphere, and then returned to the engine. Engine coolant is usually water-based, but may also be oil. It is common to employ a water pump to force the engine coolant to circulate, and also for an axial fan to force air through the radiator.

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  1. L

    Advice on radiator installation

    Hi guys , just looking for some advice. Our building contractor is doing a compete replumb and we have a on a radiator he installed. it was to be wall mounted and the pipes were set to come out of the wall. It's not as clean as I thought it would be as i thought the pipework would go straight...
  2. jamesythe3rd

    New radiators not heating

    Having recently replaced my condensing gas boiler, i decided to upgrade two small double radiators which were located in a room which had been added to the original footprint of the house. The new radiators were tall standing double radiators approx twice size of originals. My fitter explained...
  3. M

    Radiator installation advice

    I purchased three new Milano Aruba Radiators to replace my old ones. The plumber has spent two days trying to instal them and it has just been a nightmare as the water has been gushing out from the valves of each radiator as there is no resistance when he tried to tighten them up. He has used...
  4. Rosie55

    Type 10 rad to type 22 - pipes don’t match

    I’ve just replaced my radiator, from an old 104cm type 10 to a new 100cm type 22. On one side the pipes connect to the valve fine. The other side - the radiator is around an inch from the wall and pipe. How do I connect the valve to the inlet? I cannot move the pipe as it comes from a concrete...
  5. P

    Column rad feet on non-column rad

    One pic shows the experiments I'm doing with supporting a type 11 radiator (160cm wide, 50cm high, total weight around 35kg) using universal column radiator feet. The other pic shows the detail of the contact surface between the rad and the feet. Aesthetic considerations apart, is there...
  6. P

    Radiator on studs on top of bricks

    I need to hang a radiator (160cm wide, 50cm high, total weight around 35kg) via two brackets to a plasterboard wall. The wall is external, so that it has studs (about 12mm deep and 50mm wide) behind the plasterboard and then bricks behind the studs. I am lucky enough to have studs in...
  7. R

    New rad sits out 10mm more than old pipes. Any solution?

    I'm trying to put in a new rad. But the rad sits about 10mm further from the wall than the old pipes come out of the ground. I've tried taking away a bit of tile to push the pipes back but they are locked in place. What I probably need is a copper pipe with a very small, 10mm, bend in it...
  8. Z

    Looking for Nottingham plumbing company to test a new radiator lifting device

    Hi, I'm working with a plumber who have developed a small new device to help with the movement, fitting and lifting of radiators to hopefully make this quicker, easier and safer. We've got the world's first patented prototypes and I'm looking for a plumber who regularly fits radiators, in...
  9. M

    New Rad not getting hot, single pipe CH system (partial)

    Hello, i've posted on here as it seems there are a few single pipe experts. I've installed a big column rad with normal valves (no TRV) on a single pipe system, i have done this in 2 other rooms with good success and continue to get very hot. The rest of the house is on a 2 pipe system and...
  10. A

    Gas Engineer Spencer Group Plumbing & Heating Ltd

    Plumbing and heating company located in Wolverhampton
  11. T

    Column radiator installation - stupid question re blanking plugs

    Hi I'm halfway through replacing a rad with a new Acova Column radiator. Howerver I've taken it out of the box and it only has two out of the four of the corners with holes and trheads for valves / air vent. Both are at one end of the rad. At what I assume is the bottom, and where I'm...
  12. B

    Radiator installation

    First daft question for the knowledgeable. How acceptable is it to install a new radiator on the other side of a wall to an existing radiator, T'ing off the flow and return from the tails to the existing rad?? Is this a no no or just reducing the efficiency of both rads? Thanks
  13. R

    Loft radiator installation

    I am installing an additional radiator in the loft area of a house. The house uses a gravity feed heating system. I have to take out the heating tank I am going to use the cold feed and vent pipe of the tank for my flow and return of my new rad in the loft. So I am going to have to...
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