No. The thermostatic air vent is for venting air in the system. More likely the valve is not seating correctly anymore. Even with a through cleaning, these traps can go bad. You can change out the internals, but F & T's are usually not repaired in that they are cheaper to to just replace. You can contact your local Armstrong rep and they would be able to help you.
I have these traps in the boiler room, after the lines that run through the rooms in the building. While I have taken all of these traps apart, and cleaned them, I am still getting a lot of steam coming from my condensate tank. My question is... Can failure of the thermostatic part of the trap cause steam to pass through the lines, even if the float is working properly?
I am having the same issue, was wondering if you ever figured it out, I’m in the same boat and have steam dumping into my buildings condensate tank, but the float seems to function. I’m wondering if the thermostatic valve has failed and is stuck open
If I remember correctly, I turned off valves to find which line the steam was coming from, then replaced the tap on the line, and that solved it. That's been a long time ago, so I'm not that clear on it.
I install a new f&t steam trap , they don't have that tapping on top . Should I put one in,? I'm having trouble , condensate getting trapped , gallons of water comes out of clean plug on bottom of trap
I used to work in a hospital. All along the main steam line there would be a chitter chatter tapping noise, it sounded like morse code but not beeps. A guy I worked with said it was the traps on the drip legs. It seems like the only plausible explanation, the valve opening and shutting. However, if there are hundreds of taps/chatters a minute, the valve flickering open and shut like that, does that not suggest something’s wrong with the valve? Or is it normal for a trap to chatter like this? Any help would be greatly appreciated, I tried google but can only find pages discussing using electronic listening devices to hear through the static whether or not a traps functioning correctly
Wow thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with the world in an understandable way
operation of an Armstrong Float & Thermostatic steam trap.
No. The thermostatic air vent is for venting air in the system. More likely the valve is not seating correctly anymore. Even with a through cleaning, these traps can go bad. You can change out the internals, but F & T's are usually not repaired in that they are cheaper to to just replace. You can contact your local Armstrong rep and they would be able to help you.
I have these traps in the boiler room, after the lines that run through the rooms in the building. While I have taken all of these traps apart, and cleaned them, I am still getting a lot of steam coming from my condensate tank.
My question is... Can failure of the thermostatic part of the trap cause steam to pass through the lines, even if the float is working properly?
yeah you probably need to add an air vent
I am having the same issue, was wondering if you ever figured it out, I’m in the same boat and have steam dumping into my buildings condensate tank, but the float seems to function. I’m wondering if the thermostatic valve has failed and is stuck open
If I remember correctly, I turned off valves to find which line the steam was coming from, then replaced the tap on the line, and that solved it. That's been a long time ago, so I'm not that clear on it.
I also installed new wye strainer . Also the condensate tank has a chemical feeder , would this cause a problem in a f&t , air locks ?
Wye strainers should go before F&T traps
I install a new f&t steam trap , they don't have that tapping on top . Should I put one in,? I'm having trouble , condensate getting trapped , gallons of water comes out of clean plug on bottom of trap
Maybe the selection is wrong or maybe possible sizing issues.
I used to work in a hospital. All along the main steam line there would be a chitter chatter tapping noise, it sounded like morse code but not beeps. A guy I worked with said it was the traps on the drip legs. It seems like the only plausible explanation, the valve opening and shutting. However, if there are hundreds of taps/chatters a minute, the valve flickering open and shut like that, does that not suggest something’s wrong with the valve? Or is it normal for a trap to chatter like this? Any help would be greatly appreciated, I tried google but can only find pages discussing using electronic listening devices to hear through the static whether or not a traps functioning correctly
Something wrong with the trap*
mislabeled - does not discuss float