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His comments on the radiator grill aren't fair. The temperature of steam won't exceed 100 degrees C which some plastics are fine with. And the downward slope is to stop spilt water dripping inside. The fan (if it's working after that error!) will push the air through enough.



Given the quality of the rest of the system, I have a hard time believing they put that much thought into it.


Steam can be whatever temperature it wants. There is no 100C limit. Either way, there should be no steam near a radiator.


Yep beyond steam as most people know it there is dry steam/superheated steam (in the hundreds if not thousands of Celsius).

A principle that's been used in steam engines for at least a century.

It's horribly dangerous stuff to work with as well, it'll flay flesh straight off the bone.




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