Subject	But the faucet in your kitchen is not flowing into a closed
Posted by	na300zx (OH) on July 27, 2008 at 8:41 AM
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In Reply To	I'm sorry but I thought a valve... posted by scottyfender on July 26, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Message	system. All the valve does is slow down how quickly the displaced water gets replaced. As soon as the water has nowhere to go, the pressure will equalize. Do this: Turn your kitchen faucet on at a low pressure. Then, take your thumb and try to stop the flow of water. You will be able to stop it for a short time, but as soon as there is nowhere left for the water to go, you will be dealing with the full pressure of the system. All turning it on low did is allow you to delay when it reached full pressure.
Follow Ups	I wanted to test for water leaks with the motor out... - scottyfender 14:50:13 07/26/08 Nice idea, thanks for sharing. (n/m) - my91z 15:27:15 07/26/08 FYI -- Might want to reconsider the kind of hose clamps - jzack 16:58:26 07/26/08 Hmm. That gives me some ideas for flushing all the coolant - MixManMash 18:34:04 07/26/08 Great idea. But the spigot opening does not effect pressure. - kkrofft (OH) 18:41:49 07/26/08 lol I was waiting for someone to address that issue. (n/m) - won4all 18:44:33 07/26/08 I'm sorry but I thought a valve... - scottyfender 23:45:30 07/26/08 But the faucet in your kitchen is not flowing into a closed - na300zx (OH) 08:41:00 07/27/08 The motor is not a closed sytem either. - Bezza 09:27:27 07/27/08 He has a valve that is closed on the other hose, so in this - na300zx (OH) 14:19:56 07/27/08 True, I missed the bit where the other end wasn't open :S (n/m) - Bezza 08:31:11 07/28/08 If that was house water source it's probably pretty low PSI (n/m) - Audioquest 09:03:11 07/27/08 Scottyfender is correct in that people are making too much - kkrofft (OH) 12:00:06 07/27/08 Maybe it's different in some areas, but at my place it's - Audioquest 14:19:35 07/27/08 Making it more difficult than it has to be people.. - scottyfender 10:15:59 07/27/08 lol fo sho, things jus got to be complicated around here - 550HPTT 16:53:08 07/27/08 Valve controls flow, no effect on pressure, period. - BobbyT 22:31:39 07/27/08 Stock radiator caps are about 16psi - na300zx (OH) 07:18:16 07/28/08 Wrong sir, valves effect pressure too. - Bezza 08:34:05 07/28/08 But he's talking about filling a closed system - BobbyT 14:55:20 07/29/08 wrong - aliaZ 09:54:50 07/28/08 It is pressure that keeps your coolant from boiling - BobbyT 14:57:03 07/29/08
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