Ultra Finishing RDB001 Radiator Baffle, Bronze

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What you’re seeing there isn’t my first attempt,” Smith said. “It took a little figuring out how to do it, because I didn’t want to be disconnecting water lines and hoses every time I work on the car.” If I look through the two horizontal pipes ( at the top and bottom ends), on one side, I can see through the pipe and on the other I cannot ( as I think there is a baffle). I want to know which side do the stop end and bleed valve go ( see through side or baffled side) and which side do the flow and return pipes go? I investigated a variety of radiator vendors on the internet and found some are very expensive. I also found there are single and duplex (double sided) ones as with traditional flat panel types. Ahlstrom pointed out that getting air to flow from a relatively small opening to the large surface area of an angled radiator depends on smooth flowing surfaces. The ductwork Smith made had some hard angles in it, which were creating vortexes and hampering flow to the top of the radiator. George Smith took a hand sketch from engineer Eric Ahlstrom and revised his cooling system ductwork, and reduce engine temperatures on hot days from 235 to 210 degrees. A skilled fabricator, Smith built an air intake for the radiator, and mounted it at the bottom of the front bumper fascia, above the splitter. With smooth contours in the duct work, the air clings to and is directed by the surfaces rather than tumble off it and create a vortex that hampers good air flow. There’s just as much drag and efficiency to be found in optimizing the exhaust duct of a cooler as there is optimizing the inlet,” Ahlstrom said. “Exactly the same principles apply.”

The most important thing I noticed is that now even on the hottest days — it can be over 100 degrees at Miller — the car doesn’t go over 210 degrees,” Smith said. “By understanding how air flow works, understanding that air clings to a curved surface, and in designing the air box to have those contoured surfaces and putting them in the diffuser with a nice gentle curve upward, I got a lot more air to a lot more of the surface area of the radiator and then made it much easier for the air to exit out the other side.” The end result is a car that runs at 210 degrees in 100 degree heat and benefits from about 30 pounds of additional downforce in the front. The 10kw Malvern boiler powering the system just manages to serve these additional radiators adequately. It’s good that I haven’t had to increase the boiler size to accommodate the extension. Hopefully for the sake of anyone else buying one! Because if it's a design fault, there'll be loads of issues for a load of people.Each supplier had one or two different styles in a few sizes. So size, to some degree, determined the style and cost. Description of My Vertical Radiator

Buy a decent rad and you'll be fine. CH water doesn't shoot across anyway when running at the correct speed.

In practice when we are in the new lounge we often have the door to the original lounge open allowing a free flow of air between the two rooms. The powerful radiators in the original lounge supply heat to the new room when the door is open. The door to the kitchen is often open too so all three rooms have their temperature averaged out.

This means that if we install the radiator, then hot water will be entering on the side which is farthest from the baffle as shown below.This header must be fitted at the bottom thus the rad becomes fully pumped and fully balanced as it becomes a reverse return set up. Very clever. There were other locations in the room where I could have hung my vertical radiator so it might better give out its energy by not being in a corner, but for various practical reasons this corner was a good place. Once the pipes are inserted, it’s time to solder the pipework. Using a blowtorch, heat the join until it is hot enough for the solder to melt. When applying solder, it’s important to ensure it runs around the whole fitting. Then, allow the solder to set and wipe away any residue and clean again with wire wool. Step 6: Fit the Valves Ahlstrom sketched out for Smith a cross section of what the duct should look like. In place of hard angles, Ahlstrom drew gently angled panels. With smooth contours in the duct work, the air clings to and is directed by the surface rather than tumble off it and create a vortex that hampers good air flow. The biggest challenge, Ahlstrom said, was getting air flow up to the top of the radiator. These are very simple rules that anyone can follow,” Ahlstrom said. “I’m really, really happy that you called. I have a problem in my business where people they use a solution of mine, they tend to take credit for it. All I gave George was advice, and he was not only able to follow it, which was very rewarding for me that he had good results, but that he appreciated my time and told you about it.”

All the rooms required heating and we always expected to add radiators to our existing system to do that. We put a towel radiator in the shower room and the smallest double panel radiator in the lobby. There are so many radiator choices out there from ultra-modern vertical radiators so designer radiators and traditional column radiators that can update your space effectively whilst providing efficient heating. But when it comes to fitting a new radiator, you don’t need the added expense of calling a professional to do it for you! Instead, you can install new radiators by yourself as a fun DIY job for those who like to get things done on their own. Here, we’ve compiled a step by step guide on how to fit a radiator with all the tools you need to get this done on your own. Why Would I Need to Fit a New Radiator? Not at all DA, wondering that myself, but I have no way of knowing, no indication on the rad and the documentation said nothing. I'm expecting a chat with a person from Reina sometime, I'll raise it then. There was a narrow section of internal wall between a door and a window. My wife asked, “Could we have one of those vertical radiators that we see in magazines and house improvement programs on TV?”Clean your pipes with wire wool and measure the gap between the pipes before measuring and cutting the joining piece and cleaning that with wire wool. Apply a small amount of flux to all the joining points and inside the fittings and connect the pipes together ensuring that they are fully inserted. Step 5: Solder Pipework Here we begin to understand why the car wasn’t cooling sufficiently. Ahlstrom also told Smith that the air the new duct work would direct to the radiator needed an efficient place to exit behind the radiator. He explained and sketched out a “chimney” sealed to the hood that would extract air from behind the radiator up and out of the engine compartment. BTW pretty sure there were no instructions. These things might be expensive "designer" stuff that look ok but at the end of the day they are a load of tubes welded together and nothing like a conventional radiator. I'm thinking that its either faulty or just **** design. Theres no way that I'm getting anywhere near 8,000 btu from it. Smith saves all the patterns he makes in case of crash damage. He has since shared the patterns with a couple of other C5 drivers who were having similar cooling issues.