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Questionable Questing

Plotvitalnpc
Plotvitalnpc
So the pipes got filled with the concentrated chemical impurities of the water?
daniel_gudman
daniel_gudman
No, a blowdown is when you crack the mill-scale of newly installed carbon-steel piping for steam distribution.
Plotvitalnpc
Plotvitalnpc
Boilers need to automatically do blowdowns of their own to avoid scale building and destroying them from the inside by keeping them from transferring heat to the water.
daniel_gudman
daniel_gudman
Well, that's a pipe blowdown -- "boiler blowdown" generally means delibrately wasting water out of a boiler to keep the dissolved salt concentrations inside a target range, much closer to what you mean.
daniel_gudman
daniel_gudman
Lol ninja'd
Plotvitalnpc
Plotvitalnpc
I guess this is what I get for trying to challenge someone I now presume has more than a passing familiarity with steam infrastructure with naught but my google fu.
Plotvitalnpc
Plotvitalnpc
Also, you ninja'd me by saying ninja'd.
How's it feel, boiler ninja?
daniel_gudman
daniel_gudman
"Girls that know about steam piping = hot" ??? I feel like there is a good joke in there
Plotvitalnpc
Plotvitalnpc
"Girls who like boilers really steam *my* pipes, y'know?"
daniel_gudman
daniel_gudman
"Hey baby I want to fill you pipes with my hot steam." "Hey baby I'm too smooth stroking your valves to cause pipe-hammer." "Hey baby don't worry I always use boiler chemicals to prevent crashing." I'm not sure where that last one is going
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