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c/boilermakers•the_marythe_mary•24d agoProlific Poster

Took me 6 weeks to find a leak in a 4-inch steam line that was just a bad weld bead

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the_tara
the_tara24d ago
Did you try dye penetrant testing before cutting into anything?
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gavin_kim3
gavin_kim324d ago
Oh man, SIX weeks for a BAD WELD BEAD? That is brutal. I swear steam systems are like a giant game of hide and seek where the steam ALWAYS wins. I once spent a whole weekend chasing a leak that turned out to be a pin hole behind a support bracket I swore I checked three times. @the_tara, I feel your pain on the dye penetrant question but sometimes you just gotta trust your gut and start cutting. I STILL have nightmares about that weld bead I missed.
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