Installing a small radiator/towel rail in my hot water piping system

[Karen Lea Rainey]

Thank you all for your replies,  you have all been a great help and the radiator is now plumbed in and working fine without an inline valve.

It is now toasty warm in the bathroom once the engine has been running for half an hour.

By the way the fill up is via an open vented expansion tank on the wall in the engine room which is higher than any other part of the cooling system.

 

Thanks again, keith

[David Mack]

6 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

I wouldnt do that if they keep the thermostatic valve on the rad as when the bathroom is hot you would throttle the flow through the colorifier

L-port valve instead of one of the T pieces and no radiator valves would allow you to proportion the flow between the radiator and the bypass pipe, without ever cutting off the flow completely.

Edited January 11, 2023 by David Mack

[Tracy D'arth]

10 hours ago, Karen Lea Rainey said:

Thank you all for your replies,  you have all been a great help and the radiator is now plumbed in and working fine without an inline valve.

It is now toasty warm in the bathroom once the engine has been running for half an hour.

By the way the fill up is via an open vented expansion tank on the wall in the engine room which is higher than any other part of the cooling system.

 

Thanks again, keith

👍  Thanks for the update!